CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Presumptions & Burden of Proof
......Burden of Proof
.........Delinquency Matters
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Proof beyond reasonable doubt required to sustain delinquency petition.

Violent poem shown to fellow students did not constitute a criminal threat within meaning of PC 422.

Proof beyond reasonable doubt required to prove allegation in petition charging act which would be crime if committed by adult.

Appellate review of delinquency findings same as adult conviction: substantial evidence to support finding.

Ruling on motion to dismiss at close of DA's case, juvenile court weighs evidence and evaluates credibility of witnesses against standard of reasonable doubt.

Finding minor has committed alleged crime only vests jurisdiction in juvenile court, which may then make minor ward of court.