D.C.
D.C. v. Super. Ct.
Opinion
Opinion
Simons, J.
Filed 11/9/
CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FIVE
D.C.,
Petitioner, v.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF A162937
SONOMA COUNTY,
(Sonoma County Respondent; Super. Ct. No. 38997J,
THE PEOPLE, J-38997-02, SCR7432051)
Real Party in Interest.
In 2020, a juvenile wardship petition was filed charging D.C. (Petitioner) with committing a murder in 2016, when he was 16 years old. The People filed a motion to transfer Petitioner from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 707, subd. (a)(1))1 and, following an evidentiary hearing, the juvenile court ordered Petitioner transferred. Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of mandate challenging the transfer order. We deny the petition.
Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105(b) and 8.1110, this *
opinion is certified for publication with the exception of parts II and IV. All undesignated section references are to the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
LEGAL BACKGROUND
“ ‘[W]hen a minor has been charged in the juvenile court with any felony…