In re D.T.
D.T. appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 and the subsequent dispositional order. The Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition alleged that appellant had committed a lewd act on a child, A.W., in violation of Penal Code section 288, subdivision (a). At the hearing, the court heard testimony from, inter alia, a security guard at the apartment complex where appellant and A.W. lived, and from A.W.'s mother, to the effect that appellant had taken two year old A.W. to a secluded place and touched her behind (in A.W.'s words) in a manner which made her cry. A.W. also said that appellant had his pants off, and A.W.'s mother observed that A.W.'s own pants were in disarray. The court found the allegation true, sustained the petition, and ordered appellant suitably placed in an open facility for eight years.
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