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Juvenile Law
(Welfare and Institutions Sections
602 et. sequential)
If you need an Orange County Juvenile Lawyer then contact
Mr. Bruzzo at (714) 547-4636.
Juvenile criminal law is different from adult criminal law
in several ways:
- the juvenile is not subject to a bail hearing; instead
he (and his parents) must attend a detention hearing where
the court decides whether or not the juvenile should go
to juvenile hall to await disposition of his case or be
returned to his parents. The court will look at the seriousness
of the crime and whether or not the juvenile will appear
on his court date. Mr. Bruzzo has been able to get many
courts to return the children to their parents pending
resolution of their case.
- the juvenile, although accused of a criminal offense is not entitled to a trial by jury. Instead the Judge alone
decides whether the juvenile has committed the crime and
then what his sentence will be;
- Even if the Judge finds that the juvenile committed the
crime and then sentences him the juvenile is not convicted
because juveniles cannot be convicted of a crime in juvenile
court; instead the Petition (similar to a Complaint in
adult court) is deemed sustained; this means that
a juvenile found to have committed a crime in juvenile
court can say he has NOT been convicted of a crime;
- Juveniles found to have committed a crime or waiting
for their case to be heard are not placed in jail, instead
they are placed in juvenile hall; also juveniles found
to have committed a crime in juvenile court are not sentenced
to prison instead they go to the California Youth Authority
(CYA).
PLEASE NOTE: Some cases like Murder, Rape and Carjacking
are deemed so serious that the juvenile may be subject to
a special hearing where the juvenile court decides whether
or not the juvenile’s matter should be heard in adult
court. If the court decides that the case should go to adult
court then it is transferred there and the juvenile is treated
like any other adult offender.
Please contact
Mr. Bruzzo on any criminal matter at (714)
547-4636 or fill out the form below:
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