Protocol for Competence in California Juvenile Justice Proceedings

Published Nov 10, 2011, Rey Cheatham Banks

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This protocol is intended as a tool for the development of such procedures in cases where competence may be an issue. It incorporates Supreme Court and California case law, and existing statutory law. Where no specific provisions exist in current law, the protocol offers suggestions or approaches that may be adapted to local practice, resources and inter-agency relationships.

Reform areas: Juvenile indigent defense