People v. W.R. (In re W.R.)

INTRODUCTION

Minor W.R. appeals from the San Francisco Superior Court's order denying his motion to seal certain records pursuant to *810Welfare and Institutions Code section 786.1 This appeal involves the meaning of the phrase "in the case" used in several subsections of that statute. We find that the phrase does not reference the entire juvenile court file, as the minor contends. Nevertheless, we conclude for other reasons the court should have sealed the records in a case dismissed as part of a plea bargain with another case; had the discretion under section 786, subdivision (e)(1) to seal the…