People v. Steven B.

*3Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

Does the destruction of the stenographic notes of one of the two days of appellant’s jurisdictional hearing in juvenile court entitle him to vacation of the judgment against him and to a new hearing when his appeal is based on the sufficiency of the evidence?

I

Evidence introduced at the first day of appellant’s jurisdictional hearing, October 6, 1977, showed that as appellant, a minor, drove his van past three bicyclists on a street in Chico at 5:15 p.m. one day, the mirror on the right side of the van struck one of the cyclists. She fell to the pavement after striking the…