In re J.V. CA3
A juvenile court may commit a minor to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF) only if it finds he or she has committed a “DJF-eligible offense”, and only if it was “the most recent offense alleged in any [section 602] petition and admitted or found to be true by the court.” ; In re D.B However, the court “may dismiss [a section 602] petition, or may set aside the findings and dismiss the petition, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the person who is the subject of the petition require that dismissal.” (§ 782.) Under certain conditions--if the “structured institutional environment and special programs available only at the DJF” would best serve a minor’s needs, and if “the severity of a minor’s offenses, and the minor’s own special needs, call for a disposition that includes DJF”--the “ ‘interests of justice and the welfare of the minor’ ” may both point toward a DJF
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