In re William H. CA4/3

Filed 7/31/14 In re William H. CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re WILLIAM H., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

THE PEOPLE, G048693 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. DL043809) v. OPINION WILLIAM H.,

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Gregory W. Jones, Judge. Affirmed in part, dismissed as moot in part. Susan L. Ferguson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, William M. Wood and Brendon W. Marshall, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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The juvenile court found true an allegation that William H. (who was a minor at the time of the alleged conduct but has since turned 18 years old) committed petty theft. (Pen. Code, §§ 484, subd. (a), 488.) The court declared minor to be a ward of the court (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602) and placed him on formal probation (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 730, subd. (b)). Minor challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the petty theft finding, claiming in particular that the prosecution did not prove the corpus delicti independently from minor’s extrajudicial statements. Minor also challenges a probation condition limiting his freedom of association. We affirm the judgment and dismiss minor’s challenge to the probation condition as moot.

FACTS

At 10:25 p.m. on February 23, 2013, Irvine police responded to the scene of a collision between a car and pedestrian. Minor was being treated by paramedics. Nearby were a broken skateboard and a damaged plastic hand basket from a Ralph’s grocery store (Ralph’s); within or near the basket were a bottle of vodka and multiple broken bottles of Mike’s Hard Lemonade. Ralph’s was a few hundred yards away from the scene of the accident.