EGAR v. Superior Court

Opinion

YEGAN, J.

Penal Code section 1465.8, in pertinent part, provides for the imposition of a $20 court security fee for “every conviction for a criminal offense, including a traffic offense . . . ." Emily S. and Cameron V., both minors, were declared wards of the juvenile court (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602) upon findings that they committed misdemeanors. As a term of probation and over the objection of minors’ counsel, the court ordered both to pay the $20 court security fee.

The Santa Barbara County Public Defender contests the juvenile court’s imposition of the $20 fee. The public defender…