Fare v. Leonard R.

Opinion

COMPTON, J. —

Appeal by a juvenile, Leonard R., who was committed to the California Youth Authority after the juvenile court found he had participated in a robbery and was thus a delinquent pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602.

At the disposition hearing, there was a disagreement between Leonard’s counsel and the court over whether Leonard’s accomplice in the robbery had used a knife on the victim. Both counsel and the court were using notes taken during the adjudication hearing. Leonard now contends that he is entitled to a new dispositional hearing and an opportunity…