People v. Juma P.

Opinion

POLLAK, J.*

Juma P., a minor, appeals from a judgment making him a ward of the court under section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, *1231based on several sustained petitions, and committing him to confinement in a county-approved facility for a maximum of seven years.1 He contends on appeal that the trial court erroneously denied his request for a determination of the voluntariness of his confession which was admitted into evidence at the hearing on one of the sustained petitions. We agree and order a limited remand with directions to the trial court to hold a hearing to determine…