Case Name: In re T.P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. T.P., Defendant and Appellant
Court: Court of Appeal of the State of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 2006-02-27
Citations: 136 Cal. App. 4th 1461
Docket Number: No. C048686
Parties: In re T.P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. T.P., Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Appellate Reports, Fourth Series
Volume: 136
Pages: 1461–1463

Head Matter:
[No. C048686.
Third Dist.
Feb. 27, 2006.]
In re T.P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. T.P., Defendant and Appellant.
[CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*]
*Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 976.1, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of the Facts and part I of the Discussion.
Counsel
Jackie Menaster, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, and Wanda Hill Rouzan, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion
MORRISON, J.
Following a contested jurisdictional hearing, the juvenile court found that T.P., a minor, had possessed cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11350, subd. (a)). The minor was declared a ward of the court and was committed to the Sacramento County Boys Ranch. The commitment was stayed pending his compliance with probationary conditions. The court also imposed a $50 laboratory fee pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11372.5.
On appeal, the minor contends (1) the lack of corroboration of accomplice testimony requires reversal of the wardship order, and (2) the laboratory fee is inapplicable in juvenile court proceedings. We disagree with the minor's first claim but agree with the second.
FACTS
DISCUSSION
I
II
The juvenile court imposed a $50 laboratory fee pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11372.5. This section requires imposition of a $50 fee for any individual convicted of specified offenses, including possession of cocaine. Since juveniles are not convicted of criminal offenses (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 203 ["An order adjudging a minor to be a ward of the juvenile court shall not be deemed a conviction of a crime for any purpose"]), the minor does not, as the People agree, come within the scope of section 11372.5. Hence, the order imposing the fee must be reversed.
DISPOSITION
The order of the juvenile court imposing a $50 fee pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11372.5 is reversed. The order of the juvenile court committing the minor to the Sacramento County Boys Ranch is affirmed.
Sims, Acting P. J., and Nicholson, J., concurred.
On March 3, 2006, the opinion was modified to read as printed above. Appellant's petition for review by the Supreme Court was denied June 21, 2006, S142355. Werdegar, J., was of the opinion that the petition should be granted.
See footnote, ante, page 1461.
See footnote, ante, page 1461.