{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-700.3","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 700.3","heading":"","body":"If a petition filed in the juvenile court alleging that a minor comes within the provisions of Section 602 alleges that a minor has committed an offense that would, in the case of an adult, be punishable alternatively as a felony or a misdemeanor, the court, subject to a hearing, at any stage of a proceeding under Section 602, may determine that the offense is a misdemeanor, in which event the case shall proceed as if the minor had been brought before the court on a misdemeanor petition.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100. - 1500.]","PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100. - 1459.]","CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200. - 987.]","ARTICLE 17. Wards—Hearings [675. - 714.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"695cca25dffa3039d86a4fc1c5905e3b178f7865fd76ba24eaee47a41342bbed","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-700.2","next":"us-ca/wic-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}