IN RE MICHAEL D.

Docket No. A034383.

188 Cal.App.3d 1392 (1987)

234 Cal. Rptr. 103

In re MICHAEL D., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL D., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

January 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jeff Brown, Public Defender, and George Lazarus, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Ann K. Jensen and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LOW, P.J.

(1a) We hold that an order of the juvenile court committing a minor to the California Youth Authority may be validly based on punishment and public safety grounds so long as it will also provide rehabilitative benefit to the minor.

The minor, Michael D., appeals from an order of wardship (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602)1...

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