C.A. 4th;
D070521

The Fourth Appellate District affirmed a juvenile court order. The court held that a former ward's juvenile court case file could not be split so as to permit the sealing of records as to one offense, but not another.

Jose S., a former ward of the juvenile court, moved under Welf. & Inst. Code §781 to seal juvenile records related to an admitted charge of lewd and lascivious conduct that occurred when he was 13 years old. The juvenile court denied the motion, finding Jose was precluded from relief under §781 because of an additional admitted and disqualifying charge of assault with a deadly weapon three years later.