Sweetser v. Dobbins
Citations
- 65 Cal. 529
- 4 P. 540
- 1884 Cal. LEXIS 621
Syllabus
<p>Vebdiotin Equity Case— Findings—Instbuctions.—Where special issues in an equity case are submitted to a jury ,the verdict is only advisory to and not binding upon the court, and erroneous instructions to the jury will not be reviewed on appeal if the court disregards the verdict and finds the facts for itself.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the State was not required to prove that the child was not amenable to treatment when the community’s interest in treating the child as an adult outweighed the child’s interest in remaining in the juvenile system due to the heinous nature of the charged offenses involved
- “heinous nature of the offenses” weighed in favor of community’s interest in having case transferred
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Judges: McKee
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