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WILLIAMS v. GARCETTI

Docket No. S024925.

5 Cal.4th 561 (1993)

853 P.2d 507

20 Cal. Rptr.2d 341

GARY WILLIAMS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GILBERT GARCETTI, as District Attorney, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 1, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carol A. Sobel, Paul L. Hoffman and Mark D. Rosenbaum for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Maureen Siegel, Assistant City Attorney, Debbie Lew and R. Bruce Coplen, Deputy City Attorneys, Ira Reiner and Gilbert I. Garcetti, District Attorneys, Thomas P. Higgins, Deputy District Attorney, Chase, Rotchford, Drukker & Bogust, Ronald A. Dwyer, John A. Daly and David F. Link for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Penal Code section 272 (hereafter section 272) provides that every person who commits any act or omits any duty causing, encouraging, or contributing to the dependency or delinquency of a minor is guilty of a misdemeanor. A 1988 amendment thereto (hereafter the amendment) provides that for the purposes of this section, parents or guardians "shall have the duty to exercise reasonable care, supervision, protection,...

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