In re G.R. CA1/4

Filed 3/25/21 In re G.R. CA1/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

In re G.R., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A160378 v. G.R., (Solano County Super. Ct. No. J44967) Defendant and Appellant.

Pursuant to a juvenile wardship petition filed on April 21, 2020, defendant G.R. entered no contest pleas to one count of violating Penal Code section 182, subdivision (a)(1), and one count of violating Penal Code1 section 245, subdivision (a)(4). He was adjudged a ward of the court, committed to juvenile hall for 227 days, and placed on probation with various conditions. His counsel filed an opening brief asking that this court conduct an independent review of the record for arguable issues—i.e., those that are not frivolous, as required by People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). Counsel also informed defendant that he had the right to

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file a supplemental brief on his own behalf, but defendant declined to do so. We conclude there are no meritorious issues and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND On April 17, 2020, G.R., T.M., and two other minors agreed to “go hit the Target.” Later that day, at approximately 3:39 p.m., G.R. and T.M. entered a Target in Dublin, California wearing face masks and with pillowcases shoved down the front of their pants. The minors jumped the pharmacy counter. G.R. grabbed the right triceps of K.R., the pharmacy technician, pushed him into the pharmacy, and asked him the location of the safe. After K.R. told G.R. he did not know the combination to the safe, G.R. and T.M. fled through the front door. No weapons were seen, and nothing was taken. K.R. was uninjured, but he could feel where G.R. had grabbed him. Soon after, at approximately 4:50 p.m., G.R. and T.M. entered a CVS pharmacy in Danville, California. Both were wearing surgical masks. T.M. entered the restricted area behind the pharmacy counter, grabbed a pharmacy technician, J.G., from behind, and demanded she open the safe. J.G. felt pressure on her lower back, which “felt like a hand,” and feared it was a gun. After J.G. told T.M. she didn’t have the code for the safe, G.R. and T.M. fled through an emergency exit. J.G. did not see G.R. until he and T.M. fled, but believed he had been waiting by a swinging door entrance located on the north side of the pharmacy counter.2 J.G. said she did not sustain any injuries, and declined medical attention. Store employees recognized T.M. and G.R.