IN RE ALINE D.

Docket No. Crim. 18130.

14 Cal.3d 557 (1975)

536 P.2d 65

121 Cal. Rptr. 817

In re ALINE D., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. KENNETH E. KIRKPATRICK, as Chief Probation Officer, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALINE D., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, John J. Gibbons, George H. Meyerhoff and Laurance S. Smith, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Laurence R. Sperber, Paul N. Halvonik and J. Anthony Kline as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Howard J. Schwab and Beverly K. Falk, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

We consider the question whether a minor who has previously been adjudicated a ward of the juvenile court and then placed, with unsuccessful results, in various local treatment facilities, may thereafter be committed to the California Youth Authority ("CYA") despite the expressed doubt of the court, acting through its referee, that she would benefit from such a commitment. The record before us reflects that...

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