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IN RE C.H.

No. S183737.

53 Cal.4th 94 (2011)

133 Cal. Rptr. 3d 573

264 P.3d 357

In re C.H., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. C.H., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan B. Gans-Smith , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Maureen Pacheco and Lisa M. Romo for Pacific Juvenile Defender Center and Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law and Policy as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka , Assistant Attorney General, Mary Sanchez , Michael J. Wise , Susan Sullivan Pithey and Blythe J. Leszkay , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.—

May a court commit to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF), a juvenile who has not committed an offense described in subdivision (b) of Welfare and Institutions Code section 707? Two statutes govern the answer. Welfare and Institutions Code section 731 authorizes a juvenile court to commit a juvenile who has been adjudged a ward of the court to the DJF if...

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