In re Jason G.



Filed 6/2/11 In re Jason G. CA2/2


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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re JASON G., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.	B225143 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. YJ32871)
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JASON G., Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Stephanie M. Davis, Judge. Affirmed.

Laini Millar Melnick, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle and Idan Ivri, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Minor, Jason G. (minor), appeals from a judgment of the juvenile court, ordering camp-community placement after sustaining a petition filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 (petition or section 602 petition).^[1] We reject minor's sole contention that the adjudication was not supported by substantial evidence, and we affirm the judgment.
BACKGROUND
On May 21, 2010, the People filed a section 602 petition to declare minor a ward of the juvenile court. The petition alleged in count 1 that minor committed misdemeanor vandalism by defacing another's property with graffiti, in violation of Penal Code section 594, subdivision (a). Two other misdemeanor counts, resisting arrest and possession of a controlled substance, were dismissed prior to adjudication. Previous section 602 petitions had been filed, and minor was on home probation at the time of the current offense.
Minor denied the allegations of the petition, and a contested adjudication hearing went forward June 10, 2010. Deputy Sheriff Israel Gonzalez testified that at 9:15 p.m. on December 5, 2009, he and his partner, Deputy Jose Ovai, responded to a vandalism call at 111th Place and Buford Avenue in Lennox. When the deputies arrived they saw two juveniles standing in the middle of the street, facing east, where two other juveniles were painting graffiti on a wall. They had painted â€