Legal Opinion
People v. King
California Supreme Court
Decided May 17, 1993No. S026827PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARABIAN, J.
Pertinent provisions of the Penal Code and the Welfare and Institutions Code, combined with prior decisions of this court, seem to provide that a person under the age of 18 who commits first degree murder and is tried as an adult may be committed to the California Youth Authority (CYA), while the same person who attempts but fails to commit the same *63crime is not eligible for CYA, but must instead be sentenced to prison. The Court of Appeal in People v. Ladanio (1989) 211 Cal.App.3d 1114, 1121 [260 Cal.Rptr. 12], while finding the result “unquestionably anomalous,” felt…
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