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Filed 3/13/23 In re R.R. CA3
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                IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                     (Sacramento)
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 In re R.R., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court                                          C097070
 Law.

 THE PEOPLE,                                                                       (Super. Ct. No. JV141303)

                    Plaintiff and Respondent,

           v.

 R.R.,

                    Defendant and Appellant.

         Appointed counsel for the minor R.R. asked this court to review the record and
determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal pursuant to People v. Wende
(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. Finding no arguable error that would result in a disposition more
favorable to the minor, we will affirm the judgment.

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                                     BACKGROUND
       On May 27, 2021, the minor and a group of fellow students attacked B.F., with the
minor punching B.F. approximately 20 times. Someone took B.F.’s cell phone. Police
officers took the minor into custody but he was released the same day by the probation
department to his mother on house arrest, pending installation of an electronic monitoring
system. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 628, 628.1.)1 On June 1, 2021, the Sacramento County
District Attorney’s Office filed a petition alleging that the minor, age 13 at the time,
committed robbery (Pen. Code, § 211), bringing the minor within the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court (§§ 602, 650).
       The juvenile court held a detention hearing on June 2, 2021. (§ 632.) The court
appointed counsel for the minor, and counsel waived the reading of the petition and the
advisement of rights. (§§ 633, 634, 700; Cal. Rules of Court, rules 5.534(c), (d), (g),
5.754(a).) The court found the People had made a prima facie showing that the minor
met the requirements for jurisdiction under section 602 and found electronic monitoring
necessary for the immediate and urgent protection of the minor and for the protection of
the person or property of another. (§§ 602, 635; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.760(c)-(f),
(j)-(k).) Accordingly, the court ordered the minor continued on electronic monitoring and
ordered the minor not to contact the victim and not to associate with an alleged
coparticipant. (§§ 636, 628.1; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.760(l).) The minor’s counsel
waived time for the jurisdiction hearing, and the court set a settlement conference date.
(§ 657.)
       At the next hearing, the juvenile court removed the electronic monitoring
requirement but placed the minor on home supervision and, with the minor’s counsel
waiving time, reset the settlement conference for a later date. After another continuance,

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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the juvenile court released the minor from the home supervision order and set a
jurisdiction hearing. Shortly before the scheduled jurisdiction hearing, the People filed
an amended petition, alleging that the minor had also committed assault by means likely
to produce great bodily injury in fighting B.F. (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(4).) At the
time scheduled for the jurisdiction hearing, the juvenile court granted the People’s
request to dismiss the petition and file a new petition, replacing the robbery count with
allegations that the minor had stolen B.F.’s cellphone. (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a).) The
juvenile court reappointed the minor’s counsel, who waived formal arraignment on the
new petition, and the court then set another jurisdiction hearing.
       The new jurisdiction hearing was continued due to the minor’s failure to appear at
the trial readiness conference. Before the continued hearing, the People filed a new
petition adding allegations regarding a different minor’s participation in the fight, so the
minor’s counsel asked to continue the hearing. The juvenile court continued the hearing
three more times at the minor’s counsel’s request, and then the minor’s counsel reported
a medical issue that led to appointment of a new attorney.
       The juvenile court held a contested jurisdictional hearing on August 30, 2022. At
the outset, the parties stipulated that the minor satisfied the requirements of Penal Code
section 26, and the People dismissed for lack of evidence the allegation that the minor
stole the victim’s cellphone. After hearing testimony from the victim, a fellow student,
and the school resource officer, the juvenile court found that the minor’s actions did not
constitute force likely to cause great bodily injury. But, noting that video of the incident
showed the minor hitting B.F. in the back of the head when the fight was over and B.F.’s
back was turned, the court found the minor had committed battery (Pen. Code, § 242),
which brought the minor within jurisdiction of the juvenile court (§ 702).
       At the disposition hearing, the juvenile court placed the minor on probation for six
months, subject to the conditions provided by the probation officer, without adjudging the
minor a ward of the court. (§§ 706, 725.) The minor timely appealed. (§ 800.)

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                                        DISCUSSION
         Appointed counsel filed an opening brief setting forth the facts of the case and
asking this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable
issues on appeal. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) The minor was advised by
counsel of the right to file a supplemental brief within 30 days of the date of filing of the
opening brief. More than 30 days elapsed, and we received no communication from the
minor.
         Having undertaken an examination of the entire record, we find no arguable error
that would result in a disposition more favorable to the minor.
                                        DISPOSITION
         The judgment is affirmed.

                                                       /s/
                                                   BOULWARE EURIE, J.

We concur:

    /s/
RENNER, Acting P. J.

    /s/
EARL, J.

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