Government,
Criminal,
California Courts of Appeal
Jun. 21, 2019
State law barring minors’ prosecution as adults upheld
An appellate court has upheld California's law barring prosecuting as adults minors younger than 16.
An appellate court has upheld California's law barring prosecuting as adults minors younger than 16.
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert challenged rulings that murder suspects in two cases must be tried as minors; one of these involved the 2015 shooting death of a star high school football player. Another case was stayed pending the outcome of
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