Supreme Court of California

In an appeal from a judgment of the juvenile court committing appellant-juvenile to Juvenile Facility (DJF) based solely on a Penal Code section 290.008(c) sex offense, judgment is reversed because a juvenile court lacks authority to commit a ward to the DJF under Section 731(a)(4) if that ward has never been adjudged to have committed an offense described in Section 707(b), even if his or her most recent offense alleged in a petition and admitted or found true by the juvenile court is a Section 290.008(c) offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2011
• Published 12/12/2011

Judges

• CANTIL-SAKAUYE

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel