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JOHNSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A044923.

208 Cal.App.3d 1093 (1989)

256 Cal. Rptr. 651

PAUL LEROY JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

March 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jeff Brown, Public Defender, Peter G. Keane, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Grace Lidia Suarez and Rafael Trujillo, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, David D. Salmon and Gloria F. DeHart, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CHANNELL, J.

(1a) Petitioner contends that he was not an adult at the time the offense with which he is charged was committed. We agree and hold that a juvenile attains age 18 on his birthday rather than on the day before his birthday.

Petitioner was initially charged by complaint with an offense occurring on August 12, 1988. Upon learning that petitioner was born on August 13, 1970, the municipal court...

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