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Filed 2/25/13 In re Edgar F. CA2/7
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                DIVISION SEVEN

In re EDGAR F., a Person Coming Under                                B238235
the Juvenile Court Law.                                              (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. FJ48105)

THE PEOPLE,

         Plaintiff and Respondent,

         v.

EDGAR F.,

         Defendant and Appellant.

                   APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County,
Robert J. Totten, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed as modified.
                   Sarvenaz Bahar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.
                   Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant
Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M.
Roadarmel Jr. and Stephanie A. Miyoshi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and
Respondent.
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       Edgar F. appeals from the juvenile court’s order continuing wardship and directing
him into a six-month camp community placement program. He contends the award of
predisposition custody credit was miscalculated. We affirm the order as modified.

                  FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

       In a delinquency petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602) filed by the Los Angeles
County District Attorney on November 19, 2010, it was alleged then 15-year-old Edgar
had possessed a weapon (a knife) on school grounds. On January 18, 2011, the juvenile
court found it necessary to remove Edgar from his home and ordered him detained in
juvenile hall. On February 15, 2011, Edgar admitted the allegation, and the juvenile
court sustained the petition and released Edgar to his mother.
       The San Bernardino County District Attorney filed a delinquency petition on
February 22, 2011 alleging Edgar committed second degree burglary. Edgar admitted the
allegation, and the juvenile court sustained the petition, declared the offense a
misdemeanor and ordered Edgar detained in his mother’s home pending transfer of the
case from the San Bernardino Superior Court to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
       On April 28, 2011, the Los Angeles County juvenile court accepted jurisdiction
over the case, determined it was necessary to remove Edgar from his home and ordered
him detained in juvenile hall. On May 10, 2011, Edgar was released to the Community
Detention Program.
       The petitions were consolidated for purposes of disposition on August 30, 2011.
At the disposition hearing, the juvenile court declared Edgar a ward of the court, ordered
him home on probation and awarded him one day of predisposition custody credit.
       After Edgar slapped and kneed his girlfriend, the Los Angeles County District
Attorney filed another delinquency petition on October 26, 2011, alleging Edgar, then
16 years old, had committed battery on a person with whom he had a dating relationship.

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       Following a contested jurisdiction hearing on December 6, 2011, the juvenile
court found the allegation true beyond a reasonable doubt and sustained the petition. At
the disposition hearing immediately following, the juvenile court declared the offense a
misdemeanor, ordered Edgar to remain a ward of the court and directed him into the six-
month camp community placement program. The court set the maximum physical
confinement period as three years six months, including the previously sustained
petitions, and awarded Edgar 40 days of predisposition custody credit.
                                      DISCUSSION
       Edgar F. contends, and the Attorney General concedes, the juvenile court erred in
calculating his predisposition custody credit as 40 days. We agree.
       In a juvenile delinquency proceeding, “a minor is entitled to credit against his or
her maximum term of confinement for the time spent in custody before the disposition
hearing. [Citations.] It is the juvenile court’s duty to calculate the number of days
earned, and the court may not delegate that duty. [Citations.]” (In re Emilio C. (2005)
116 Cal.App.4th 1058, 1067.) “[W]hen a juvenile court elects to aggregate a minor’s
period of physical confinement on multiple petitions . . ., the court must also aggregate
the predisposition custody credits attributable to those multiple petitions.” (Ibid.)
“Physical confinement includes placement in juvenile hall.” (In re J. M. (2009) 170
Cal.App.4th 1253, 1256.)
       Here, in electing to aggregate Edgar’s physical confinement based on his multiple
petitions, the juvenile court neglected to also aggregate his predisposition custody credit.
With respect to the November 19, 2010 and February 22, 2011 petitions, Edgar was in
custody for a total of 43 days prior to the disposition on August 30, 2011: He was
detained and released on January 7, 2011 (1 day), detained in juvenile hall from January
18, 2011 to February 15, 2011 (29 days), and from April 28, 2011 to May 10, 2011
(13 days). With respect to his October 26, 2011 petition, Edgar was detained an
additional 44 days from October 24, 2011 to December 6, 2011. Accordingly, as the
parties agree, Edgar is entitled to an award of 87 days of predisposition custody credit

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                                     DISPOSITION

      The December 6, 2011 minute order is corrected to award Edgar F. a total of 87
days of predisposition custody credit. As modified, the order is affirmed.

                                                                             WOODS, J.

We concur:

             PERLUSS, P. J.

             JACKSON, J.

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