People v. Self

Opinion

NICHOLSON, J.

The Welfare and Institutions Code provides that a juvenile court may find a 14- or 15-year-old unfit to be dealt with under the juvenile court law if the district attorney alleges the minor committed one of the offenses (hereafter, a predicate offense) specified in Welfare and Institutions Code section 707, subdivision (d). (Further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) If the juvenile court makes such a finding, the district attorney may proceed against the minor in the superior court under the criminal law. (§ 707.1, subd. (a).) Here, we decide…