CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Certification (Fitness) Hearings
.........Proposition 21
............Grand Jury
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • W&IC §707(d) allows DAs to charge juveniles in adult criminal court by grand jury indictment.
  • A minor may be indicted under W&IC §602 (b).
  • Proposition 21 requires that juveniles be prosecuted by way of information following a preliminary hearing and not by indictment by grand jury.