In Re Robin M.

Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

A minor who has been detained in custody on a petition filed against him in the juvenile court is entitled to have his jurisdiction hearing 1 within 15 judicial days of his detention hearing. 2 (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 320, 334, 636, 657.) 3 In the present case, this court must decide whether such a minor may be detained for more than these 15 judicial days when a second petition is filed which is based on the same transactions as the initial petition.

I

At 4:30 a.m. on July 19, 1977, petitioner, Robin M., a 16-year-old minor, was taken into temporary custody (§ 625) by an…