In re Erick G. CA2/7

DISCUSSION

“[I]n lieu of jurisdictional and dispositional hearings, a minor may admit the allegations contained in a section 602 petition and waive time for the pronouncement of judgment. Entry of judgment is deferred. After successful completion of a term of probation, on the motion of the prosecution and with positive recommendation from the probation department, the court is required to dismiss the charges. The arrest upon which judgment was deferred is deemed never to have occurred, and any records of the juvenile court proceeding are sealed. (§§ 791, subd. (a)(3), 793, subd. (c).)” (Martha v. Superior Court (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 556, 558.) These provisions “„empower the court, under specified conditions, and upon the minor‟s admission of the allegations of the petition, to place the minor on probation without adjudging him or her to be a ward of the court.‟” [Citation.] Under appropriate circumstances, the court may summarily grant DEJ to the minor. [Citations.] If the court does not summarily grant DEJ, it must conduct a hearing at which it must „consider the declaration of the prosecuting attorney, any report and recommendations from the probation department, and any…