Jv-114246 v. Superior Court

OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

This case concerns the probable cause determination in a juvenile delinquency proceeding. We hold that the juvenile court improperly found probable cause for pretrial detention in the allegations of an un-sworn police report.

FACTS

On July 6,1988, the juvenile was charged with assault and disorderly conduct. The delinquency petition was signed and verified by a deputy county attorney. At an advisory hearing on July 7, 1988, this attorney testified that a police report was his sole basis for filing the petition, that the police report was not signed under oath, that…