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IN RE EDGAR M.

Docket No. Crim. 18621.

14 Cal.3d 727 (1975)

537 P.2d 406

122 Cal. Rptr. 574

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

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 14, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, John J. Gibbons, Lawrence E. Biegel and Laurance S. Smith, Deputy Public Defenders, and David A. Binder for 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 Russell Iungerich, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

John H. Larson, County Counsel, and John P. Farrell, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

In this case we examine the limitation on the powers of juvenile court referees imposed by the provision in article VI, section 22 of the Constitution that trial courts may be authorized to appoint "officers such as commissioners to perform subordinate judicial duties." A referee, acting without the consent of the minor or his counsel, held adjudication and disposition...

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