Legal Opinion
Rucker v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 18, 1977No. Civ. 51706PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLEMING, Acting P. J.
Petition to mandate the superior court to find petitioner unfit for juvenile court proceedings and certify her for criminal prosecution as an adult.
On 2 April 1977, when she was 17 years, 11 months old, Cheryl Rucker assertedly committed a battery, apparently upon a peace officer. Charged as a minor with violating criminal law (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602), she was arraigned in juvenile court May 11, nine days after she had reached the age of eighteen, full adulthood under the Civil Code (§§ 25, 25.1). Petitioner avers she is emancipated, living apart from her…
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