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SHORTRIDGE v. MUNICIPAL COURT

Docket No. 22494.

151 Cal.App.3d 611 (1984)

198 Cal. Rptr. 749

BYRON D. SHORTRIDGE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE YOLO COUNTY JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF YOLO COUNTY, Defendant and Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

February 1, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert McDermand III for Plaintiff and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Gregory W. Baugher and Wanda Hill Rouzan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

OPINION

SPARKS, J.

(1a) The question in this case is whether it is possible to commit the crime of being an accessory in violation of Penal Code section 32 when the principal is a minor. That question turns on whether a minor can commit a felony. We hold that, in the absence of some other statutory disability, all minors 14 years of age and older are capable of committing felonies as a matter of law. Consequently anyone...

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