People v. M.B. CA2/6

Filed 10/20/25 P. v. M.B. CA2/6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B340450 (Super. Ct. No. IJ0332C) Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County)

v.

M.B.,

Defendant and Appellant.

M.B. appeals orders of the juvenile court sustaining the allegations in a Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition, declaring him a ward of the court, and ordering his physical confinement not to exceed 10 years. We conclude that sufficient evidence supports the finding that M.B. took cellular telephones by force and fear from two victims in separate incidents and affirm. (Pen. Code, § 211.)1

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code

unless stated otherwise.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Robbery of Blanca Navarro In the afternoon of May 25, 2024, Navarro was a passenger in a city bus travelling on Crenshaw Avenue in Los Angeles. She held her infant and her cellular telephone in front of her. A group of teenage boys boarded the bus “horsing around” and talking. One boy held a liquor bottle and gestured toward another boy. A boy wearing white pants then sat in the seat next to Navarro. Another teenager approached her and “snatched” her telephone. The bus soon stopped, and the teenagers ran to the rear door and left the bus. At the adjudication hearing, the prosecutor played a surveillance videotape and offered still photographs of the robbery. Robbery of Lesly Lopez In the morning of May 26, 2024, Lopez sat in a Laundromat on Crenshaw Avenue looking at videos on her cellular telephone and awaiting the completion of her laundry. Three teenage boys entered the Laundromat, snatched her telephone from her hand and ran. Lopez was frightened, her hands shook, and she cried. Lopez’s boyfriend, Rene Flores, gave chase. One of the three teenagers wore a black sweater. As the teenagers ran through the alley, they passed the telephone among themselves. As Flores chased them, he saw the face of the young man wearing a black sweater. At the adjudication hearing, he identified the man as M.B., the man who took the telephone. Flores stated: “[His] face is very present, and the fear doesn’t let you forget faces.” At the adjudication hearing, the prosecutor played a surveillance videotape of the robbery and offered still photographs of the robbery.