California Court of Appeal

Petition for writ of mandate to compel the juvenile court to vacate its order finding 13-year old petitioner competent to stand trial is granted and the case remanded for further proceedings, where the juvenile court applied the standard of competency applicable to adults under Penal Code sections 1367 and 1368 rather than the standard of competency applicable to minors under Welfare and Institutions Code section 709.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2014
• Published 11/12/2014

Judges

• Segal

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel