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HICKS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. D023687.

36 Cal.App.4th 1649 (1995)

43 Cal. Rptr.2d 269

TONY EDWARD HICKS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

July 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Francis J. Bardsley, Public Defender, William J. La Fond, Jeffrey M. Reilly and Greg S. Maizlish, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Paul J. Pfingst, District Attorney, Thomas F. McArdle and Anthony Lovett, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

BENKE, Acting P.J.

This petition presents a challenge to the constitutionality of the statutory framework for certifying 14- and 15-year-old offenders for trial as adults. Briefly summarized, since 1976, minors who are 16 or older at the time of committing a crime can under certain circumstances be tried as adults in criminal court, but 14- and 15-year-olds have always been tried as juveniles. As of January 1, 1995, however...

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