C.A. 2nd;
B278221

The Second Appellate District affirmed a juvenile court judgment. The court held that the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in declining to dismiss a delinquency petition and seal the court record after a juvenile offender failed to comply with the condition of his deferred entry of judgment that he remain in school.

Minor N.R. admitted having driven a vehicle without the owner's consent. The juvenile court granted deferred entry of judgment (DEJ) and placed N.R. on one to three years of DEJ probation on condition that he attend school, maintain passing grades, and participate in a program to obtain his high school diploma or GED. For the next year, N.R. attended school and, for most of the year, received passing grades. At hearing six months later, however, the court learned that N.R. had dropped out of school and gotten a job. Finding that N.R. had performed well enough that supervision was no longer necessary, but had nonetheless failed to comply with the requirement that he remain in school, the court lifted DEJ, sustained the delinquency petition, and terminated jurisdiction.