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A Santa Cruz Superior Court judge sought to transfer the case out of the juvenile court system, arguing that the law was unconstitutional, but the California State Supreme Court upheld the law in 2021.

While Hochman said he would seek to prosecute more juveniles as adults while running for office last year, teens under the age of 16 must remain in juvenile court under California law.

Another man, who was 15 at the time, admitted to a juvenile court petition charging him with first-degree murder in May 2023.

The trial was held in the juvenile court in Paris due to their ages.

A year ago she was given a short suspended sentence for slander by a juvenile court, whose hearings were conducted behind closed doors.