People v. McFarland

Opinion

TAYLOR, J.

Defendant, Robert McFarland, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder (Pen. Code, § 187) and from the prior proceedings transferring him from the juvenile court, pursuant to Welfare and Institution Code section 707. As to the juvenile court proceedings, appellant contends that: 1) the juvenile court’s initial jurisdictional finding, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 and the subsequent transfer to the superior court, caused jeopardy to attach within the meaning of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S.…