In Re Mark L.

Opinion

GRODIN, J.

In juvenile court, Mark L., a minor, entered a no contest (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1354(f)) before a San Mateo Superior Court Commissioner to an allegation that he committed felony burglary. (Pen. Code, § 459.) At a subsequent dispositional hearing, the commissioner declared Mark a court ward and released him to his parents’ custody under a strict county probation program. Acting on his own motion, a juvenile court judge ordered rehearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 253), overturned the commissioner’s dispositional order, and directed Mark’s placement in the California Youth…