In re J.V. CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (San Joaquin) ----

In re J.V., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court C103279 Law.

THE PEOPLE, (Super. Ct. No. JJC-JV-DE-2023-0001590) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.V.,

Defendant and Appellant.

J.V. appeals from an order declaring him a ward of the juvenile court and committing him to a secure youth treatment facility. J.V. contends: (1) the juvenile court imposed unconstitutional probation conditions impossible for him to comply with while confined in the secure youth treatment facility, and (2) his predisposition custody credits should have been applied against the period of time from commitment until he reached the age of 25. We affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The underlying facts are not relevant to the issues on appeal. In sum, on November 25, 2023, a window accidentally broken at an apartment complex led a group to gather. While discussing the events leading to the broken window, the group used gang slang and displayed gang signs. The group departed, but one of them, J.V., later returned and shot the victim, who died in the hospital the next day. On December 11, 2023, the San Joaquin County District Attorney filed a juvenile wardship petition under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 602, subdivision (a), charging J.V. with murder (count 1), discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner (count 2), two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (counts 3 & 4), and criminal street gang activity (count 5). The petition further alleged as enhancements to the murder count that J.V. personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury, as to counts 1 through 4 that J.V. committed these offenses for the benefit of a criminal street gang, and as to counts 2 through 4 that J.V. personally used a firearm. In November 2024, the juvenile court conducted a contested jurisdictional hearing. After the close of evidence, the court granted the prosecution’s motion to dismiss the gang enhancements and gang charge. On December 12, 2024, the juvenile court found counts 1, 2, 3, and the associated firearm enhancements to be true. The court found count 4 to be not true. At a disposition hearing on January 13, 2025, the juvenile court found J.V. to be a ward of the court, declared the current offense a felony, and committed J.V. to a secure youth treatment facility for a baseline term of seven years, with a maximum term of confinement of 25 years to life. The court applied 403 days of predisposition custody credits against the maximum term of 25 years to life. The court