IN RE MIGUEL L.

Docket No. Crim. 22605.

32 Cal.3d 100 (1982)

649 P.2d 703

185 Cal. Rptr. 120

In re MIGUEL L., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MIGUEL L., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, J. Courtney Shevelson, Carole S. Morita and Monica Knox, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Jesus Rodriguez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

May a minor be adjudicated a ward of the juvenile court when the only evidence connecting him to the charged offense consists of the repudiated extrajudicial statements of a self-declared accomplice?

I.

Miguel L., a minor, was adjudged a ward of the juvenile court (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602) upon a finding that he had committed a burglary (Pen. Code, § 459). The prosecution's case...

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