In re Keith C.
Annotate this CaseIn 2006, the Alameda County District Attorney filed a wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, 602) alleging Keith, then age 15, took and drove a van owned by Thomas (Veh. Code, 10851(a)) and received, withheld, or concealed the stolen van (count two, Pen. Code, 496). The juvenile court determined the amount of restitution was $2,180 and amended count two to charge misdemeanor receiving stolen property. Keith admitted that charge in exchange for dismissal of count one. The court adjudged Keith a ward of the court, placed him on probation, and ordered him to pay the restitution. Keith did not appeal. Keith appeared at status hearings, but defaulted on his restitutionary debt. In 2011, Keith failed to appear. The court issued a warrant for his arrest “to expire on [Keith’s 21st birthday, in December 2011].” The warrant was never served. Keith did not appear at any subsequent hearings. In 2014 the court ruled that it had authority to issue an abstract of judgment permitting collection of Keith’s unpaid restitutionary debt. The court recalled the outstanding warrant, terminated Keith’s probation “unsatisfactorily,” dismissed his wardship, and issued an abstract of judgment requiring Keith to pay restitution. The court of appeal held that the court had authority to do so.
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