DJF Parole

Name: In re J.C.
Case #: C080391
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 3 DCA
Opinion Date: 08/02/2017
  • Categories: Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Delinquency (602), DJF Parole, Sentencing

Mandatory lifetime sex offender registration imposed on certain juvenile sex offenders is not cruel and unusual punishment. When J.C. was 12 years old, he was declared a ward of the court based on his commission of forcible sodomy on a…

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Name: People v. Trejo
Case #: A149064
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 1 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 04/13/2017
  • Categories: Delinquency (602), DJF Parole, Parole, Probation / Parole / PRCS

Inmate found suitable for parole under the youth offender parole provisions (Pen. Code § 3051) was entitled to release when parole became effective, notwithstanding a consecutive four-year term imposed for an in-prison offense. Trejo committed second degree murder in 1979…

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Name: People v. Scott
Case #: E060028
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 10/12/2016
  • Categories: Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Delinquency (602), DJF Parole, Sentencing

The youth parole hearing provided by Penal Code section 3051 renders a juvenile's de facto life sentence for nonhomicide crimes constitutional. When he was 16 years old, Scott, while riding in his friend's car, shot at three youths, seriously injuring…

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Name: In re J.S.
Case #: H040779
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 6 DCA
Opinion Date: 06/04/2015
  • Categories: Delinquency (602), DJF Parole

Following Juvenile Parole Realignment (Realignment), no entity is authorized to make an honorable discharge finding after a juvenile completes his commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and is released for local supervision. After being committed to DJJ by…

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