Alternatives to Petition

In a Welfare & Institutions 602 delinquency proceeding, although a minor has a due process right to a competency hearing, Penal Code section 1369 does not apply. A Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition was filed alleging that Christopher…

A minor is eligible for Deferred Entry of Judgment (DEJ) under Welfare and Institutions Code section 790, if jurisdictional and dispositional hearings have not occurred, and he is not precluded from pursuing a suppression motion or admitting allegations of an…

Eligibility for the Deferred Entry of Judgment [DEJ] program (Welfare & Institutions Code section 790 et seq.) is dependent on minor’s admission of each allegation contained in the petition in lieu of the jurisdictional hearing, assuming the offense[s] is not…

The court does not abuse its discretion in denying deferred entry of judgment (DEJ) to an otherwise eligible minor if it determines that the level of criminal sophistication involved in the offense is such that the minor requires more intensive…

The minor was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and evading a police officer. The prosecutor filed a juvenile wardship petition under section 602, and minor's counsel requested a joint assessment report and a contested hearing pursuant to…

The juvenile court's approval of Butte County Probation Department's policy of allowing only those minors who admit an offense to participate in an informal supervision program was an abuse of discretion. The law requires an individualized assessment of a minor's…