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IN RE KENT W.

Docket No. 25575.

181 Cal.App.3d 721 (1986)

226 Cal. Rptr. 512

In re KENT W., a Minor. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KENT W., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

May 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Laloni A. Montgomery, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, W. Scott Thorpe and Michael J. Weinberger, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CARR, J.

Appellant, a minor, appeals from an order sustaining an allegation that he committed an attempt to unlawfully set a fire (Pen. Code, §§ 452, 664; all further statutory references are to this code). We conclude this is not a crime in California and shall reverse.

DISCUSSION

This case turns on the question of intent. There is no dispute concerning the facts underlying the charge. The minor...

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