Filed 10/16/13 P. v. M.Z. CA2/6 

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT 

DIVISION SIX 

THE PEOPLE, 

 Plaintiff and Respondent, 

v. 

M.Z., 

 Defendant and Appellant. 

2d Crim. No. B249330 

(Super. Ct. No. 2013008623) 

(Ventura County) 

 M.Z. appeals a disposition order of the juvenile court committing him to a 

juvenile facility for 365 days. (Welf. and Inst. Code, § 602.) 

 We appointed counsel to represent M.Z. in this appeal. After counsel's 

examination of the record, he filed an opening brief raising no issues. 

 On August 27, 2013, we advised M.Z. that he had 30 days within which to 

personally submit any contentions or issues that he wished to raise on appeal. On September 

4, 2013, the United States Postal Service returned the letter as "Undeliverable" and "Unable 

to Forward." 

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 

 On March 19, 2013, the prosecutor filed a Welfare and Institutions Code 

section 602 petition alleging that M.Z. committed second degree robbery. (Pen. Code, 

§ 211.) The petition also alleged that M.Z. committed the robbery to benefit a criminal street 

gang, and that he personally used a deadly weapon, a knife, during the robbery. (Id., 

§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1), former § 12022, subd. (b)(1).) 
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 On April 4, 2013, the juvenile court held a contested adjudication hearing. 

During the proceedings, the prosecutor withdrew the criminal street gang and deadly weapon 

allegations. 

 Victor Lopez testified at the adjudication hearing that on March 16, 2013, he 

walked on Main Street in Santa Paula, as he spoke with his wife on his cellular telephone. 

M.Z. and O.M. confronted Lopez and demanded the telephone. O.M. held a knife. Lopez 

surrendered the telephone and M.Z. and O.M. ran away. 

 Lopez, with the assistance of his brother, reported the robbery. Police officers 

soon detained M.Z. and O.M. In a field show-up, Lopez identified M.Z. as one of the two 

minors who robbed him of his telephone. 

 Following presentation of evidence and argument by the parties, the juvenile 

court sustained the allegations of the petition, and continued M.Z. as a ward of the court. On 

April 28, 2013, the court committed M.Z. to a juvenile facility for 365 days. The court 

awarded M.Z. credit for 34 days of confinement, ordered victim restitution, and imposed a 

$200 restitution fine. 

 We have reviewed the entire record and are satisfied that M.Z.'s attorney has 

fully complied with his responsibilities and that no arguable issue exists. (People v. Wende

(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441.) 

 The judgment is affirmed. 

 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

 GILBERT, P.J. 

We concur: 

 YEGAN, J. 

 PERREN, J. 
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David R. Worley, Judge 

Superior Court County of Ventura 

______________________________ 

 Shea S. Murphy, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and 

Appellant. 

 No appearance for Defendant and Appellant.