PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. S118052.

27 Cal.Rptr.3d 2 (2005)

35 Cal.4th 635

109 P.3d 564

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Alonza Rydell THOMAS, Jr., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Athena Shudde, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Lloyd G. Carter, Jeffrey D. Firestone, Louis M. Vasquez, Michelle L. West-Scott, Janet E. Neeley and Kathleen A. McKenna, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


KENNARD, J.

When a minor is charged with certain serious criminal offenses, the prosecutor can file the charges against the minor directly in the criminal division of the superior court (criminal court). (See Welf. & Inst.Code, §§ 602, subd. (b), 707, subd. (d).) If the minor is convicted, the criminal court has discretion under Penal Code section 1170.19, subdivision (a)(4), to "order a juvenile disposition under the juvenile court law, in lieu of a...

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