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JESSE W. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 23580.

20 Cal.3d 893 (1978)

576 P.2d 963

145 Cal. Rptr. 1

JESSE W., a Minor, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

March 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David R. Packard and Robert L. Walker for Petitioner.

James H. Barnes as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Ronald E. Niver, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CLARK, J.

Jesse W., a minor, seeks writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent juvenile court from proceeding pursuant to statute (Welf. & Inst. Code, former § 559, now § 253) to redetermine petitioner's status as a ward after a referee had absolved petitioner of misconduct charged in a petition filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 provides...

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