DJF Parole Archives

Categories: Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Delinquency (602), DJF Parole, Sentencing

Summary

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

Opinion Date: 04/13/2017

Categories: Delinquency (602), DJF Parole, Parole, Probation / Parole / PRCS

Summary

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

Opinion Date: 10/12/2016

Categories: Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Delinquency (602), DJF Parole, Sentencing

Summary

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

Opinion Date: 06/04/2015

Categories: Delinquency (602), DJF Parole

Summary

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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