Filed 7/16/13 In re D.M. CA1/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
In re D. M., a Person Coming Under the
Juvenile Court Law.
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v. A138193
D. M., (Contra Costa County
Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. J07-01949)
D. M. appeals from an order declaring him a ward of the juvenile court and
placing him on probation in his mother’s home. His counsel raises no issues and asks
this court for an independent review of the record to determine whether there are any
arguable issues. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Defendant was apprised of his
right to file a supplemental brief but did not do so.
On November 13, 2007, a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 602 petition was
filed charging defendant, then age 13, with attempted second degree robbery (Pen. Code,
§§ 211, 212.5, subd. (c) & 664). The charges stemmed from an incident in which
defendant and two co-participants attempted to take an iPod from a 13-year-old boy. The
court adjudged defendant a ward of the court and placed him on home supervision.
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Unless otherwise indicated, all further statutory references are to the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
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Defendant violated the home supervision program by being suspended from
school for fighting. The court again ordered him released to his mother’s home and
placed him on electronic monitoring. Defendant subsequently tested positive for
marijuana and was again suspended from school for physically interfering with a teacher
who was trying to stop a fight. On February 2, 2009, the court ordered defendant
committed to the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility (OAYRF) for six months. He
was removed from OAYRF in April 2009, following a fight with another resident.
Defendant admitted the probation violation on May 6, 2009 and was again committed to
the OAYRF. He successfully completed the OAYRF program in August 2009.
Defendant, however, continued to violate probation and commit offenses resulting
in a supplemental section 602 petition being filed in March 2010 alleging that defendant,
a minor, possessed ammunition (§ 777; Pen. Code, § 12101, subd. (b)). Defendant
admitted the allegations of the supplemental petition and was ordered released to his
mother on electronic monitoring.
In May 2010, the court found defendant in violation of probation for being tardy to
school, missing classes, and being suspended. The court again ordered defendant
released to his mother on electronic monitoring.
A second supplemental petition was filed on November 23, 2010 alleging that
defendant committed burglary, receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana, and
vandalism. The court sustained the allegations as to the receiving stolen property and
vandalism counts. The court ordered defendant detained in juvenile hall pending a
placement in the OAYRF program.
In December 2011, after his release from the OAYRF, defendant violated the
terms of his probation. Defendant admitted the violation and was ordered released to his
mother on electronic monitoring. Defendant violated probation again in January 2012 by
smoking marijuana. The court again released defendant on electronic monitoring.
On May 25, 2012, a third supplemental petition was filed alleging that defendant
committed first degree residential burglary in December 2011. The matter was continued
for several months. In September 2013, defendant requested a continuance to conduct
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further investigation and prepare for the contested jurisdictional hearing. The court
granted the continuance to October 23, 2012. In October 2012, defendant requested
another continuance because certain discovery had not yet been provided. The court
granted the request and the matter was thereafter continued an additional three times.
On March 7, 2013, defendant moved to suppress a pre-trial identification and to
exclude any courtroom identification by the same witness. He argued that the “in-field
showup” identification of defendant was impermissibly suggestive. The court denied the
motion. It found that the police admonished the witness before the show up and made no
suggestive remarks, and that the pretrial identification did not violate defendant’s
constitutional rights.
The contested jurisdictional hearing was held on March 7 and 8, 2013. The
evidence showed that Marianne Hill was living on South Wildwood in Hercules on
December 19, 2011. At approximately 2:15 p.m., she was on her patio and saw
defendant come out of the back patio of her neighbor’s house carrying a flat screen
television set and then go back into the house. Hill was able to see defendant’s face for
less than a minute. Hill called 911 and gave the dispatcher a description of the suspect.
Hill identified defendant both at the police station about six weeks after the burglary and
at trial.
George Weissflog testified that he lived at 140 South Wildwood in Hercules on
December 19, 2011. He was not home at approximately 2:15 p.m. on December 19 and
had locked all of the doors to his residence before leaving. When he returned home at
3:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m., he saw that the front door had been kicked in and that his place
was in shambles. His loveseat was upside down, there were cushions everywhere, his
television set was on the floor, and his bedroom dresser drawers were open. Nothing,
however, was missing from his home. Weissflog did not know defendant and had not
given him permission to enter his home.
Officer Edward Li responded to the scene and found that the doorjamb of the front
door was damaged, that the rooms in the residence had been ransacked, and that a
television set was lying on the floor near the sliding patio door.
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The juvenile court sustained the petition finding that defendant committed a first
degree residential burglary.
The dispositional hearing was held on March 21, 2013, approximately 15 months
after the burglary. The probation report noted that since the incident, defendant had
graduated from high school, earned a welding certificate, and was currently attending
classes at Berkeley City College. He had also maintained employment for the past eight
months. In addition, defendant had not sustained any probation violations or been
arrested during the past year. The court recognized that defendant had made strides over
the past 15 months and that he was capable of pursuing a successful career. The court
adjudged defendant a ward of the court, but released him from juvenile hall and placed
him on the home supervision program for 60 days on conditions including that he
complete 60 hours of community service by September 30, 2013.
Defendant was represented by counsel and received a fair hearing. Substantial
evidence supports the court’s findings. There was no error in the disposition. There are
no meritorious issues to be argued.
The dispositional order is affirmed.
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Rivera, J.
We concur:
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Reardon, Acting P.J.
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Humes, J.
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