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IN RE MANUEL L.

Docket No. S030597.

7 Cal.4th 229 (1994)

865 P.2d 718

27 Cal. Rptr.2d 2

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

Supreme Court of California.

January 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Karen Kelly, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald S. Matthias and Mark S. Howell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

Penal Code section 26 articulates a presumption that a minor under the age of 14 is incapable of committing a crime. (Pen. Code, § 26, subd. One.)1 To defeat the presumption, the People must show by "clear proof" that at the time the minor committed the charged act, he or she knew of its wrongfulness. (1) This provision applies...

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