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IN RE JAMES A.

Docket Nos. 44725, 44727.

101 Cal.App.3d 332 (1980)

161 Cal. Rptr. 588

In re JAMES A., a Minor. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES A., Defendant and Appellant. In re MICHAEL H., a Minor. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL H., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

January 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert Nicco and Jeff Brown, Public Defenders, Grace L. Suarez, Deputy Public Defender, and Bernard Zimmerman for Defendants and Appellants.

Evelle J. Younger and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein and J. Patrick Collins, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LINDSAY, J.*

These two juvenile cases have been consolidated on appeal because they raise the same issue, namely, whether a juvenile court has discretion to commit a minor to the Youth Authority (or other facility) for a period less than the "maximum term" as prescribed by Welfare and Institutions Code, section 726. Both appeals challenge orders...

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