In re Delano M. CA4/1

Filed 8/21/25 In re Delano M. CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 Delano M., a Person Coming D084760 Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. J243652)

v.

DELANO M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Robert J. Trentacosta, Judge. Affirmed. Marta I. Stanton, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. Delano M. appeals from the juvenile court’s disposition order, committing him to the Youth Development Academy (YDA)/Secure Youth Treatment Facility (SYTF). Appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) indicating she has not been able to identify any

arguable issues for reversal on appeal. Counsel identifies one potential issue pursuant to Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, 744–745 (Anders) and asks the court to review the record for error as mandated by Wende. We offered Delano the opportunity to file his own brief on appeal, which he did. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In April 2022, the juvenile court made a true finding that Delano, a minor, possessed a firearm in violation of Penal Code section 29610. A month later, while engaged in a physical altercation with Elaina C., his girlfriend (and mother of Delano’s son), Delano ran over Elaina’s grandfather with his car, breaking the bones in grandfather’s legs. In September 2022, Delano admitted to one count of attempted murder and one count of inflicting corporal injury on Elaina. At that time the court ordered Delano’s commitment to Healing Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (HOPE). In the ensuing years, on multiple occasions, Delano violated stay-away orders by continuing to be in contact with Elaina and committed other offenses. He was alleged to have violated probation on multiple occasions, including by striking Elaina’s father with a hammer, possession of a firearm, and for further domestic violence against Elaina. Upon the most recent probation violation hearing, in 2024 when he was 20 years old, Delano admitted to failing to remain law abiding, violating the stay away order, and violating conditions of home supervision. At the contested disposition hearing on August 28, 2024, Delano’s counsel requested that he be placed on home supervision with GPS monitoring, and to be released to the David’s Harp Foundation. After hearing the testimony of the probation officer and the director and founder of David’s Harp Foundation, as well as the arguments of counsel, the court