In re E.Y. CA2/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re E.Y., a Person Coming B325891 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Superior Ct. No. MJ25112)

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

E.Y.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, David Yaroslavsky, Judge. Affirmed. Mary Bernstein, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant

Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and Ryan M. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General.

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Minor E.Y. (minor) appeals from an order of the juvenile court that he committed a felony, claiming it was error by the court not to make an explicit declaration that the offense would be characterized as a felony rather than as a misdemeanor. We find any error harmless and affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND While performing his duties, a maintenance worker was approached and followed by minor in a manner that concerned the worker. Eventually, the worker asked minor to leave and warned the police would be called. In response, minor grabbed a box cutter from the worker’s golf cart-type vehicle, extended the blade, and threatened the worker by lunging at him and chasing him around the cart. Minor ran off, the worker contacted police and identified minor as the person who attacked him. A petition was filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602,1 alleging minor, a 15-year-old, committed assault