In re Edward Q., No. G041281

Juvenile court's conclusion that defendant brought marijuana into juvenile hall is reversed and remanded as the person who brings a controlled substance or other contraband into juvenile hall is properly charged under Welfare and Institutions Code section 871.5, not Penal Code section 4573.       

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Appellate Information

Filed September 17, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Fybel

Counsel

For Appellant:  R. Charles Johnson

For Appelle:  Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, James D. Dutton and Melissa Mandel, Deputy Attorneys General