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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT
In re J.M

. , a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. B 251853 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. V J43091 )

THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.M ., Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County,
Kevin Brown
, Judge

. Affirmed.

Bruce G. Finebaum , under appointment by the Cou rt of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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J.M

. , now 18
, appeals from an order declaring him a ward of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfar e and Institutions Code section 602 , following a finding J.M

. committed misdemeanor vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (a)). We appointed appel late counsel to represent him. Appointed counsel filed a brief in which no issues
were raised. ( People v. Wend e (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 ( Wende ) .) The brief included a
declaration from coun s el that he reviewed the record and advised J.M

. of his right, under
Wende , to submit a supplemental brief. On February 19, 2014
, this court sent J.M

. notice advising him that he had 30 days to personally submit any contentions or issues tha t he wished to raise on appeal. No supplemental brief was filed.
The facts are these : On October 8, 2012, Viviano Favela noticed a large gathering of teenage boys at the Dills P ark in the C ity of Paramount. It looked like they were up to no good. The boys were gathered around one of the park’ s benches. He noticed some of them moving their arms as if they were writing. Favela concluded they were tagging on
the tables. It looked as if the bo ys were taking turns writing on the table. After
20 minutes, the boys got up to leave. Favela walked to the bench where the boys had
been gathered and noticed that it was covered in black writing. Favela, and other neighbors, often called for graffiti r emoval in the park. Earlier that day, Favela had glanced at the park’s benches, and had not seen any graffiti.
Favela got in his car and followed the boys, who split into two groups. He followed one of the groups and took pictures of them with his phon e. All of the boys in the group Favela followed had participated in the tagging. Favela thought J.M. was familiar, and looked like one of the individuals he saw that day, who was depicted in his photographs. At 3:30 p.m., Favela called 911 to report the incident

. Favela pointed the boys out to the responding deputies , and they were detained. Los Angeles County Sheriff’ s Deputy Michael Abbot responded to the park, and saw graffiti on the park ’ s benches. He detained five minors. These minors were depi cted in the photograph taken by Favela. J.M. was in the photograph.3

Favela’ s photograph of the minors, as well as photographs of the bench
, and
J.M.’ s booking photograph, were admitted into evidence.
The court denied J.M.’ s motion to dismiss the char ge. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 701.1.)
J.M . testified that he went to a donut shop after school, and then went with friends to another store. A car drove by and took pictures of his group. H e was later detained by
sheriff’ s deputies. He did not go to the park that day, and did not write on the park
benches. The juvenile court, finding the allegations to be true, sustained the petition and
declared the offense a misdemeanor

. The court declared J.M. a ward of the court and placed him home on probation f or one year . In addition to the standard ter ms of probation, the court ordered J.M. to have no contact with any victim s or witnesses of the offense, or with t he other minors who committed the offense , to make restitution of $ 50
, to not possess any markers or spray cans, and to stay away from Dills Park

. We have examined the entire record, co nsisting of one volume of clerk’ s transcript
and one volume of reporter’ s transcript, and are satisfied that appointed counsel fully complied with his responsibilitie s and that no arguable appellate issues exist. ( People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106; Wende, supra , 25 Cal.3d 436.) We therefore affirm the order of wardship below.
DISPOSITION
T he order of wardship is affirmed.

GRIMES
, J. We concur:

BIGEL OW , P. J.

FLIER , J.