JIMMY H. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 29761.

3 Cal.3d 709 (1970)

478 P.2d 32

91 Cal. Rptr. 600

JIMMY H., a Minor, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Davis, York & Dankman, Roy Dankman and David F. Aberson for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger, District Attorney, Harry Wood and Robert J. Lord, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Petitioner, a 17-year-old minor charged with murder and three assaults with intent to commit murder, was certified to the superior court for trial as a person not amenable to the care and treatment available through the juvenile court. The stated reason given by the juvenile court judge for certifying petitioner for trial as an adult was that the Youth Authority's power to detain him beyond his 21st birthday,...

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