# People v. M.S. (In re M.S.)

> California Court of Appeal, 5th District · March 11, 2019 · 244 Cal. Rptr. 3d 580

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6107260

## Case

- **Full name:** IN RE M.S., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. The People, and v. M.S., and
- **Court:** California Court of Appeal, 5th District
- **Decided:** March 11, 2019
- **Citations:** 244 Cal. Rptr. 3d 580; 32 Cal. App. 5th 1177
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Tangeman
- **Judges:** Gilbert, Tangeman, Yegan
- **Cited by:** 28 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

TANGEMAN, J., Concurring:
I have signed and I concur with the majority opinion. For those reasons expressed therein, there is no need to reach the issue of the applicability of the newly enacted mental health diversion statute to juvenile proceedings. I therefore express no opinion on that subject in accordance with the " 'cardinal principle of judicial restraint-if it is not *1194 necessary to decide more, it is necessary not to decide more.' [Citation.]" ( People v. Contreras (2018) 4 Cal.5th 349 , 381, 229 Cal.Rptr.3d 249 , 411 P.3d 445 .)

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