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IN RE ALBERT C.

No. S231315.

3 Cal.5th 483 (2017)

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

Supreme Court of California.

July 10, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laini Millar Melnick , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Susan L. Burrell ; L. Richard Braucher ; Rourke F. Stacy and Robert Lu , Deputy Public Defenders (Los Angeles) for Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, First District Appellate Project and Los Angeles County Public Defender as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Edward C. DuMont , State Solicitor General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Johnsen , Deputy Attorney General, Michael J. Mongan , Deputy Solicitor General, Victoria B. Wilson , Scott A. Taryle and Theresa A. Patterson , Deputy Attorneys General, and Kathleen Vermazen Radez , Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

Like adults, juveniles have a due process right to be free from indefinite commitment if found incompetent to stand trial. In an effort to protect this right, the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Division, issued a protocol addressing the process by which minors are found incompetent...

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