IN RE MELVIN J.

No. B128478.

96 Cal.Rptr.2d 917 (2000)

81 Cal.App.4th 742

In re MELVIN J., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. The People, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Melvin J., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

Review Denied September 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy Weissberg-Ortiz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Orange, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jaime L. Fuster and Beverly K. Falk, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


WEISMAN, J.*

On March 7, 2000, the voters approved an initiative measure designated on the ballot as Proposition 21. This measure took effect on March 8, 2000, the day following the election. (Cal. Const, art. II, § 10, subd. (a).) Proposition 21, known as the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act of 1998, made numerous changes to the Penal Code and Welfare and Institutions Code relating to the adult and juvenile justice...

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