People v. Davis

Opinion

BROWN, J.

We granted review in this case to consider (1) whether for a prior juvenile adjudication to qualify as a “strike,” the juvenile court must have expressly found the juvenile “to be a fit and proper subject to be dealt with under the juvenile court law” (Pen. Code,1 § 667, subd. (d)(3)(C)), and (2) whether a prior juvenile adjudication for residential burglary qualifies as a “strike” (§ 667, subd. (d)(3)). We conclude that no express finding of fitness is required, and that under the circumstances of this case we need not reach the issue of whether a prior juvenile adjudication…