People v. Harm R.

Opinion

GARDNER, P. J.

In this case we again wrestle with the constant and increasingly troublesome problem of retaining the informal rehabilitative features of the juvenile court and at the same time affording the juvenile the basic rights afforded adults charged with crime. In In re Ronald S., 69 Cal.App.3d 866 [138 Cal.Rptr. 387], we discussed in broad terms the basic *441conflict between those who believe entirely in the parens patriae concept of the juvenile court and those who advocate full constitutional rights for minors. We need not repeat that discussion but merely note that the instant…