In re A.G. CA2/7

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

In re A.G., a Person Coming Under the B243841 Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. JJ18826)

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

A.G.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Donna Quigley Groman, Judge, and Catherine J. Pratt, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed. Laini Millar Melnick, 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, Victoria Wilson and Brendan Sullivan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________________________

The minor A.G. appeals from the juvenile court‟s order declaring him a ward of the court and directing him into the camp community placement program. His sole contention is the evidence is insufficient to support the finding he made a criminal threat. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1. The Petition A petition was filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 alleging 1 A.G., then 17 years old, made a criminal threat against Celia Torres (Pen. Code, § 422) (count 1), a felony, attempted to dissuade a witness (Torres) from attending or testifying at trial (§ 136.1, subd. (a)(2)) (count 2), a felony, and threatened to use force against a witness (Torres) (§ 140, subd. (a)) (count 3), a felony. 2. The Jurisdiction and Disposition Hearings a. The People’s evidence Until the events underlying this case occurred, Celia Torres and her family and the minor and his family lived in the same housing project in Los Angeles. In June 2012, a juvenile court sustained a delinquency petition alleging Anthony G., the minor‟s brother, had burglarized Torres‟s home in December 2011. Torres testified against Anthony at the jurisdiction hearing. The day before Torres was to testify, her truck was set on fire, and her car windows were broken. She believed these criminal acts were committed by the minor and Anthony. On July 26, 2012, Torres was alone in her truck, when the minor approached on foot, waited for Torres to get out of the truck and then threatened to kill Torres and her family. He told Torres that she was going to pay. The minor was accompanied at the time by his cousin, Franshay Moore, who left with the minor after he had made the threat. As they walked away, the minor and Moore were laughing and making fun of Torres. Torres felt “very bad, desperate and nervous” upon hearing the threat . She was “very