Juvenile Crimes
WE HAVE NEARLY TWO DECADES OF
SPECIALIZED JUVENILE DEFENSE EXPERIENCE.
When
minors
and
teens
are
accused
of
crimes
their
cases
are
handled
in
special
tribunals
called
juvenile
delinquency
courts.
Commonly,
charges
in
juvenile
courts
involve
accusations
like
tagging,
possession
of
marijuana
(or
other
drugs),
statutory
rape,
weapons
at
school,
shoplifting,
and
underage
drinking.
In
these
courts,
minors
are
prosecuted
using
special
rules,
special
prosecutors
and
special
judges.
It
only
makes
sense
that
your
child’s
defense
attorney
be
specially
trained
and
experienced
to
mount
a
defense
against
those
prosecutors,
in
front
of
those
judges.
Most
criminal
defense
attorneys
are
not
trained
in
the
special
programs
that
juveniles
may have available to them.
The
true
purpose
of
these
juvenile
courts
is
to
rehabilitate.
This
is
because
we,
as
a
society,
believe
that
childhood
indiscretion
can
be
remedied
and
that
children,
by
definition,
have
not
yet
had
the
opportunity
to
reach
full
cognitive
and
social
maturity.
Though
these
courts
focus
more
upon
rehabilitation,
minors
still
face
potential
punishments
such
as
being
removed
from
the
home
to
be
placed
in
a
juvenile
hall
or
in
other
long
term
juvenile
detention
centers
such
as camp.
Minors
can
also
be
subjected
to
lifetime
sex
offender
registration
and
prison-like
sentences
in
the
California
Department
of
Juvenile
Justice.
Because
so
much
is
at
stake
and
because
your
child’s
future
can
be
affected
by
these
criminal-
like
courts,
you
need
the
assistance
of
qualified
experienced
juvenile
defense
counsel.
Only
these
specially
qualified
defense
attorneys
stand
a
chance
at
being
taken
seriously
in
these
specialized juvenile courts.