California Supreme Court
Nov. 11, 2015
Can a juvenile prosecution begin with just a grand jury indictment?
People v. Arroyo, argued last week, presents the state Supreme Court with an opportunity to California's juveile criminal jurisdiction in line with national trends. By Cyn Yamashiro
Cyn Yamashiro
Cyn is a criminal defense attorney in private practice in Santa Monica. He is a former clinical professor of law and founding executive director of the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy at Loyola Law School.
Of course, this was already a quaint and antiquated notion at the time was decided. Two years later, in , 403 U.S. 528 (1971), the majority denied juvenile criminal defendants the right to a jury trial. In his dissent, Justice Thurgood Marshall pointed out, "The argument that the adjudication of delinquency is not the equivalent of criminal process is spurious ... Because the legislature dictates that a child who commits a felony shall be called a delinquent does not ...
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