People v. John W.

Opinion

PUGLIA, P. J. —

The minor appeals from a judgment (commitment to the California Youth Authority) entered by the juvenile court after the sustaining of a petition alleging that the minor committed an assault with intent to commit sodomy. (Pen. Code, § 220.)

The minor contends that the court erred in omitting to specify a three-year maximum period of confinement in the commitment order.

The offense was committed June 14, 1977. The Youth Authority commitment order of September 14, 1977, did not specify the maximum period for which the minor could be confined, a period not to exceed “the…