Donald L. v. Superior Court

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

A petition filed in the juvenile court alleged that Donald L., a minor 17 years of age, was within that court’s jurisdiction because he had committed four robberies and one murder. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602.) When the minor was brought before the juvenile court on the section 602 petition the court appointed the public defender to represent him. A time was set for a hearing as to his fitness for juvenile court treatment prior to a determination of the jurisdictional issue, and the court ordered petitioner detained. At the initial hearing as to fitness a referee found that…