In re T.M.P. CA4/1

Filed 10/3/24 In re T.M.P. CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In re T.M.P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. D083564 THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. J244320) v.

T.M.P.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Robert J. Trentacosta, Judge. Affirmed. Lisa A. Kopelman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

This appeal arises from a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 602 juvenile delinquency proceeding in which T.M.P. (Minor) admitted to

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise specified.

dragging the victim’s dog on a freeway in violation of Penal Code section 597, subdivision (b) (felony animal cruelty). Minor appeals from the juvenile court’s January 8, 2024 order requiring Minor to pay $2,470.50 in victim restitution. Minor’s appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders), indicating counsel has been unable to identify any arguable issues supporting reversal on appeal and asking this court to independently review the record for error. We offered Minor the opportunity to file her own brief on appeal, but she has not responded. We find no arguable issues and affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On August 3, 2021, a long-standing feud between Minor and victim’s daughter escalated over statements about Minor’s deceased father. Minor came to victim’s home with some friends, broke the windows of the victim’s car with a baseball bat, engaged in a physical altercation with victim’s daughter, and drove away with the victim’s pet pit bull Luna. After posting images with Luna on social media, Minor dragged the dog along a freeway. Luna was later found dead. The People charged Minor with three felonies: vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594, subds. (a), (b)(1)), theft of another’s dog (Pen. Code, § 487e), and animal cruelty for dragging the victim’s dog on a freeway (Pen. Code, § 597, subd. (b)). At a readiness hearing after her arraignment, Minor admitted the