In re Jamaal M.
Filed 9/19/06 In re Jamaal M. CA2/7
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
| In re JAMAAL M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | B184532 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. YJ26404) |
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMAAL M., Defendant and Appellant. |
APPEAL from an order of the Los Angeles County Superior Court,
Irma J. Brown, Judge. Affirmed as modified.
Anne E. Fragasso, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Lawrence M. Daniels and Ryan M. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Jamaal M. was declared a ward of the juvenile court and ordered into the short term camp community placement program after the court sustained a petition alleging he had threatened a school official.[1] Jamaal M. contends there is insufficient evidence to support the finding he threatened a school official and one of his probation conditions is unconstitutional. We affirm the order as modified.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Jurisdiction Hearing
Evidence introduced at the jurisdiction hearing established one morning Assistant Principal Thomas Franklin (Franklin) reminded then 14-year-old Jamaal M. his untucked shirt and low-riding pants violated school policy. Jamaal M. was defiant, but he tucked in his shirt and pulled up his pants, revealing a belt bearing a street gang insignia. Franklin told Jamaal M. to surrender the belt until the end of the day because it could not be worn on campus. The school administration prohibited student attire signifying street gang affiliation. Jamaal M. became angry and repeatedly cursed Franklin as he handed over his belt. Franklin ordered Jamaal to accompany him to his office. En route, Jamaal M. threatened to bring someone to school to cause Franklin bodily harm.
When Franklin and Jamaal M. entered the school office, Jamaal M. began knocking notebooks and fliers off the counter of the front office, repeatedly saying he and his father would ‘â€
