People v. Ronny P.

Opinion

GRIGNON, J.

INTRODUCTION

After finding appellant Ronny P. in violation of Penal Code sections 245, subdivision (a)(1), 243, subdivision (d), and 415.5, subdivision (a), the juvenile court declared appellant a delinquent ward of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. The juvenile corn! took custody of appellant from his parents, placed appellant in the custody and control of the probation officer, ordered appellant committed to the Camp Community Placement Program for a minimum of 120 days, and specified the maximum period of physical confinement as four years nine months. In the published portion of this opinion, we conclude the 120-day minimum period of confinement in camp is authorized by Welfare and Institutions Code section 730. In the unpublished portion of the opinion, we address appellant’s remaining contentions concerning sufficiency of the evidence, discretion to declare the offenses to be misdemeanors, and the camp placement order. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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DISCUSSION

i.-m.*

IV.

Authority To Order Minimum Period of Camp Confinement

Appellant contends the juvenile court exceeded its statutory authority when it imposed a minimum period of confinement in camp.*

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He argues

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the probation officer, not the juvenile court, is authorized to determine a minor’s minimum period of confinement in camp. He argues further that a minimum period of confinement in camp set at the outset by the juvenile court undermines the rehabilitative objectives of the juvenile law, in that it diminishes the juvenile’s incentive to progress toward rehabilitation. Although a minimum period of confinement in camp is not expressly authorized by statute, we conclude that such an order is authorized by the broad discretion afforded to juvenile courts to make dispositional orders and impose conditions under Welfare and Institutions Code section 730.