DONALD L. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 29964.

7 Cal.3d 592 (1972)

498 P.2d 1098

102 Cal. Rptr. 850

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

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, James L. McCormick, William R. Hawes, John J. Gibbons, Laurance S. Smith and Damon R. Swank, Deputy Public Defenders, and James M. Epstein for Petitioner.

William M. Siegel, County Counsel (Santa Clara), Robert J. Menifee, Deputy County Counsel, Robert L. Walker, Peter Bull and Edward Steinman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Joseph P. Busch, Jr., District Attorney, Harry Wood, Robert J. Lord, Arnold T. Guminski and Daniel L. Bershin, Deputy District Attorneys, John D. Maharg, County Counsel, Harold S. Vites and Douglas C. Miller, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent and for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

A petition filed in the juvenile court alleged that Donald L., a minor 17 years of age, was within that court's jurisdiction because he had committed four robberies and one murder. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602.)1 When the minor was brought before the juvenile court on the section 602 petition the court appointed the public defender to represent him. A time was set for a hearing...

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