In re Aaron M.













Filed 9/27/10 In re Aaron M. CA1/4













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IN
THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA



FIRST
APPELLATE DISTRICT



DIVISION
FOUR




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In re AARON M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AARON M., Defendant and Appellant.	A127866 (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. SJ0700799810)

INTRODUCTION

Aaron
M., a minor, appeals from a final judgment disposing of all issues between the
parties. Appellant's counsel has filed
an opening brief in which no issues
are raised and asks this court for an independent review of the record as
required by People v. Wende
(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. Appellant's
counsel has not briefed any issues.
Appellant was also advised of his right personally to file a
supplemental brief raising any issues he chooses to bring to this court's
attention. No supplemental brief has
been filed by appellant personally.

PROCEDURAL
BACKGROUND

On
September 12, 2007,
appellant was alleged to be a ward of the court in a Welfare and Institutions
Code section 602, subdivision (a) petition charging him with numerous counts of
robbery, assault and battery, among other crimes. The next day, the court ordered the minor to
be detained at the Alameda County
Juvenile Justice Center. On September
20, 2007, appellant admitted one count of robbery (Pen. Code,
§ 211), and all other counts and enhancements were dismissed. Aaron admitted to approaching a graduate
student at the University of California,
Berkeley, assaulting him when he
refused to relinquish his property, and stealing his belongings.

While
awaiting the disposition of that petition, appellant admitted to a count of
second degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) for a crime which predated the
aforementioned robbery. He was adjudged
to be a ward of the court, placed on probation and ordered to be placed in a
foster home. On December 4, 2007, appellant, as a ward of the
court, was placed at Upright Treatment
Center.

On
January 18, 2008, another
Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition was filed against appellant
alleging counts of burglary and trespass.
On January 22, 2008,
these charges were amended and appellant admitted a charge of felony vandalism
(Pen. Code, § 594). The court
continued the terms of his previous probation.

Subsequent
petitions were filed alleging violations of probation for leaving his
placements without permission, including leaving his grandmother's house and
Harrison Homes. Appellant admitted both
violations. On May 8, 2009, appellant was arrested by the Contra
Costa County Sheriff's Department and later charged with two counts of armed
robbery. The Contra
Costa County
juvenile court dismissed the petition and ordered appellant's transfer to Alameda
County. Appellant was then released on probation
subject to GPS monitoring, a probation condition by which he failed to abide.

On
August 27, 2009, another
petition was filed against appellant in Alameda
County for driving without a
license and in violation of his probation conditions, specifically being
outside his Oakland home without
prior approval, and marijuana possession.
On September 29, 2009,
appellant admitted violating his probation conditions and was placed at Camp
Sweeney on October 21, 2009. The next day, appellant allegedly escaped
from Camp Sweeney
and a petition was filed against him for violating his probation.

On
January 11, 2010, appellant
entered no contest admissions to two counts of second degree robbery in Contra
Costa County,
and the remaining charges and allegations of the corresponding petition were
dismissed. The case was then transferred
back to Alameda County
for disposition. On January 22, 2010, the Alameda
County petition alleging
appellant's escape from Camp Sweeney
was dismissed on the district attorney's motion.

Appellant
was subsequently charged with two counts of robbery in Contra Costa County,
wherein it was alleged that appellant and several other participants ambushed
two marijuana dealers, assaulted one, pointed a gun at both and subsequently
took cash and a cell phone from one of the victims.

On
February 5, 2010, the court
committed appellant to the Department of Juvenile Justice (â€