grand theft sentencing for juvenile

[Z3phyr]

My state is California
Ok here's the problem and question. My nephew was arrested on 2 counts of robbery. At the detention hearing the judge that was presiding said my nephew had not be in there long enough and gave him 2 more weeks before the pretrial.
The two robbery charges was reduced and he plead guilty to grand theft, but the judge said he could not let him be released on that last court date. My nephew has been doing everything he has been asked in juvenile hall and been working in the kitchen, and apparently he was in the top 5 as far as behavior.
Is it common for a juvenile to be locked up in juvenile hall like this for grand theft? It is my nephews first time offense, he has never been in trouble with the law before this incident. What is a common sentence for grand theft could they keep him in juvenile any longer he has already been in there for close to 1 month now? His public defense attorney has been saying he will be released at every court appearance but he is still locked up.
Please give us some advice for what happens at a jurisdiction hearing and what the sentencing could be.

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
Ok here's the problem and question. My wifes nephew was arrested on 2 counts of robbery, at the detention hearing the judge that was presiding said my nephew had not be in there long enough and gave him 2 more weeks before the pretrial.
The two robbery charges was reduced and he plead guilty to grand theft, but the judge said he could not let him be released on that last court date after my sister in law let them know that he has adhd. The judge said that he had to keep him in juvenile until the jurisdiction hearing, so they could put him on meds and evaluate him even though my nephew has been doing everything he has been asked in juvenile hall and been working in the kitchen, and apparently he was in the top 5 as far as behavior this is without his meds. I feel they should have released him to his mother, so she could have taken him back to his own doctor who he has a history with already, not with a psychiatrist who do not know him and will just prop him full of drugs to calm him down even though he has already behaved excellent according to the probation officer.
Now they say that he is becoming zoned out because of the meds, which he has complained about before as meds for adhd has side effects where he didn't feel good.
Is it common for a juvenile to be locked up in juvenile hall like this for grand theft? It is my nephews first time offense, he has never been in trouble with the law before this incident. What is a common sentence for grand theft could they keep him in juvenile any longer he has already been in there for close to a month now? His public defense attorney has been saying he will be released at every court appearance but he is still locked up.
Please give me some advice for what happens at a jurisdiction hearing and where I could read up on the law concerning juveniles.

Frankly, you are thrice-removed from this case. This is up to his parent and his PD to deal with.

[Z3phyr]

I know I'm removed from the case, but his mother is worried and the attorney isn't calling her back when she leaves messages. We are just wondering what the sentencing could be?

[Indiana Filer]

Last juvenile I had that stole a car got waived to adult court. At 16, he got to go to big boy jail.

[CdwJava]

If they are not bumping his conviction up to CYA (kiddie prison) they can keep him in for a year. It is not a matter of what is COMMON, but what is lawful. Yes, they can hold him for up to a year.

- Carl