In Re Stanley B.
Thornton v. Stanley B.
Opinion
Opinion
Bray, J.
Appeal from order of the Sacramento County Superior Court sitting as a juvenile court adjudicating appellant a ward of the court and committing him to the California Youth Authority.
Questions Presented
1. Jurisdiction of the juvenile court to find appellant guilty of violation of Penal Code section 417.
2. Sufficiency of evidence to support the findings that appellant violated Penal Code section 496.
Record
On May 14, 1970, petition was filed in the Sacramento County Juvenile Court alleging that appellant is a person coming within the provisions of section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. The petition alleged two counts: count I, violation of Penal Code section 217 (assault with intent to commit murder on Officer Arthur Ballard); count II, violation of Penal Code section 217 (assault with intent to commit murder on Officer Orlie Pane). On June 3, 1970, a supplemental petition was filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. This petition contained two additional counts: count I, violation of Penal Code section 496 (concealing and withholding from owner a stolen .257 caliber rifle, knowing it to be stolen); count II, violation of Penal Code section…