In re Oscar R. 9/12/02 CA2/2

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: B151004

Case Date: 09/12/2002

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CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re OSCAR R., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OSCAR R., Defendant and Appellant. B151004 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VJ18999)

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Preciliano P. Recendez, Temporary Judge.* Affirmed. Gerson Simon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Theresa A. Cochrane, and Catherine T. Okawa Kohm, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Pursuant to article VI, section 21 of the California Constitution.

On March 7, 2000, the voters approved an initiative measure designated as Proposition 21, which became effective on March 8, 2000. In relevant part, Proposition 21 amended Welfare and Institutions Code section 777 to reduce the burden of proof and permit the use of hearsay in hearings to modify dispositional orders to impose more restrictive custody for minors previously adjudicated as wards of the court. (Welf. & Inst. Code

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