Failure to label minor’s wobbler offense requires remand regardless of likelihood of sentence change; the error can be raised for the first time on appeal
At the Lectern
MAY 4, 2023
Although the superior court in the case certainly treated the juvenile’s offenses as felonies, the opinion concludes it isn’t clear that the court understood “its discretion in treating the wobblers as felonies.” In In re F.M. , ” The court reaches the issue even though it wasn’t raised until appeal.
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