Legal Opinion
People v. Robert S.
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 25, 1979No. Civ. 17854PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PUGLIA, P. J.
Robert S. appeals from a dispositional order of the juvenile court continuing his status as a ward (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 602, 725) 1 and committing him to the California Youth Authority (CYA). On appeal the minor’s principal contention is that the court improperly considered previously sustained section 602 petitions in setting the maximum permissible term of physical confinement under the CYA commitment.
Robert was a ward of the court pursuant to section 602 at the time the underlying petition was filed. That petition therefore seeks to continue Robert’s wardship; it…
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