T.N.G. v. Superior Court

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

In this case we hold that a juvenile 1 who has been temporarily detained by juvenile court authorities and subsequently released without further proceedings does not become subject to a record which should be described as an “arrest” or “detention” record. In filling out forms for applications for educational or occupational opportunities such a juvenile need not state that he has been “arrested” or “detained.”

Petitioners ask for a more sweeping holding: they ask that the records themselves be immediately sealed and expurgated; they would accomplish this end by holding…