In re B.L. CA2/6

Filed 11/14/22 In re B.L. CA2/6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

In re B.L., a Person Coming 2d Juv. No. B318044 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. NJ30284) (Los Angeles County)

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

B.L.,

Defendant and Appellant.

B.L. appeals from the judgment entered after the juvenile court sustained a petition filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. The court found true an allegation that he had committed attempted second degree robbery. (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 211, 212.5, subd. (c).) It placed him on probation in his mother’s home.

Appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to show that the victim accurately identified him as the perpetrator of the attempted robbery. We affirm. Trial Testimony Maria R. (Maria) and her friend, J.H., were at the Pike Mall in Long Beach. It was approximately 9:30 p.m. They had been riding on an electric scooter that stopped working. J.H. stayed on the scooter. Maria “got off” the scooter and “sat down.” She was holding her wallet and cell phone. She was looking at the phone when two men approached her. They tried to pull away her wallet and cell phone. Maria did not let go of her property. She fell to the ground and hit her chin and knee. Maria “kept on screaming, . . . ‘Stop. Please stop.’ And they didn’t until [J.H.] turned around and heard me scream.” J.H. saw Maria and the two men “struggling with her” on the ground. He ran toward Maria. The men kicked and punched J.H. They “took the scooter” and fled. Nothing was taken from Maria. Maria telephoned 911. About five minutes later, the police arrived. Maria told the police that one of the perpetrators “was wearing a gray sweater and gray light-colored pants.” The police told Maria that “they had somebody” and she should “go ahead and clarify if that was the person.” The police drove Maria to a location where three suspects had been detained. Maria identified two of the suspects. Appellant was one of the suspects identified by Maria. At the time of the identification, he was standing. After identifying him, Maria wrote the following statement on a police form: “‘That’s him. That’s the way he approached me. And that’s how