Does the Attorney General have jurisdiction to dismiss an order dismissing appellant's probation?

In October 2014, appellant filed his notice of appeal. Two months later, the juvenile court dismissed appellant's probation. No notice of appeal was filed from this order. A notice of appeal in a juvenile case must generally be filed "within 60 days after the rendition of the judgment or the making of the order being appealed." (Cal. Rules of Court, former rule 8.406(a)(1).) "A timely notice of appeal, as a general matter, is 'essential to appellate jurisdiction.' " (People v. Mendez (1999) 19 Cal.4th 1084, 1094.) Here, since there has been no appeal from the order dismissing appellant's probation, this court does not have jurisdiction to decide the issue raised by the Attorney General.

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