P. v. Anthony E. CA4/1
After briefing had been completed in this case, the California Supreme Court definitively ruled on the sole issue raised in this appeal. (People v. Superior Court (Lara) (2018) 4 Cal.5th 299 (Lara).) Lara held the requirement in Proposition 57, passed by voters on November 8, 2016 — that all criminal charges against juveniles be initially filed in the juvenile court — is retroactively applicable to cases such as the instant one that are not yet final. (Id. at pp. 303–304.) We thus conditionally vacate the judgment and remand to the juvenile court to determine if minor defendant Anthony E. is fit for juvenile adjudication, to set a disposition hearing if so, and to reinstate the judgment if not.
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