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IN RE JAMES D.

Docket No. L.A. 32050.

43 Cal.3d 903 (1987)

741 P.2d 161

239 Cal. Rptr. 663

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

Supreme Court of California.

September 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cecil Hicks, District Attorney, Michael R. Capizzi, Assistant District Attorney, William W. Bedsworth, J. Phillip Ashey and Brett G. London, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Harley D. Mayfield, Assistant Attorney General, Jay M. Bloom, Maxine P. Cutler and David I. Friedenberg, Deputy Attorneys General, Joseph R. Symkowick, Roger D. Wolfertz, Taylor S. Carey, Ronald D. Wenkart, James P. Aynes, Bobbie F. Albanese, George Nicholson and George L. Bond as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ronald Y. Butler, Public Defender, Frank Scanlon and Carl C. Holmes, Assistant Public Defenders, James Dean Allen, Richard Aronson and Donald J. Ayoob, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Alan H. Simon, Albert J. Menaster and Susan L. Burrell, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

The People appeal from a judgment dismissing a juvenile court petition after defendant's motion to suppress evidence was granted. We reverse and remand.

I.

About 10:30 a.m. on February 28, 1983, Police Patrol Officers Jacobs and Natale saw defendant, carrying a book bag, walking on a sidewalk over a bridge. Because he appeared to be 15 to 16 years old...

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