In re R.R. CA2/6

Filed 7/27/21 In re R.R. CA2/6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

IN RE R.R., a Person Coming 2d Juv. No. B308003 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. J206614) (Los Angeles County) _____________________________

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

R.R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

R.R. appeals the juvenile court’s order denying his petition to seal his juvenile records under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 781. Appellant contends the matter must be remanded

All undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare 1

and Institutions Code.

for the court to determine whether his juvenile records must be automatically sealed under section 786. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Appellant was born in 1967. In March 2020, he filed a petition to seal his juvenile records under section 781.2 The petition referenced 25 violations for which appellant was arrested from 1976 to 1982. The probation department opposed the petition on the ground that appellant had suffered numerous adult felony convictions, including 1998 convictions for carjacking (Pen. Code, § 215, subd. (a)) and escape (id., § 4532, subd. (b)(1)), for which he was sentenced to 69 years to life in state prison. The court denied the petition, and appellant timely appealed. DISCUSSION

2 Section 781, subdivision (a)(1)(A) provides in pertinent part: “If a petition has been filed with a juvenile court to commence proceedings to adjudge a person a ward of the court, . . . the person or the county probation officer may, five years or more after the jurisdiction of the juvenile court has terminated as to the person, . . . petition the court for sealing of the records . . . relating to the person’s case, in the custody of the juvenile court and probation officer and any other agencies, including law enforcement agencies, entities, and public officials as the petitioner alleges, in the petition, to have custody of the records. . . . If, after hearing, the court finds that since the termination of jurisdiction or action pursuant to Section 626, as the case may be, the person has not been convicted of a felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude and that rehabilitation has been attained to the satisfaction of the court, it shall order all records, papers, and exhibits in the person’s case in the custody of the juvenile court sealed, including the juvenile court record, minute book entries, and entries on dockets, and any other records relating to the case in the custody of the other agencies, entities, and officials as are named in the order.”