In re V.D.
This appeal comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.
On March 1, 2012, the People filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 alleging that appellant V.D. failed to stop at the scene of an accident involving property damage (count 1; Veh. Code, § 20002, subd. (a)) and drove without a license (count 2; Veh. Code, § 12500, subd. (a)).
Appellant subsequently admitted count 1, and count 2 was dismissed in the interest of justice.
According to the probation report, to which the parties stipulated as providing the factual basis for appellant’s plea, on the night of September 12, 2011, a witness saw a gray Toyota make a u-turn and sideswipe a parked car, causing damage. The witness advised the driver (appellant) to stop and leave insurance information, but the driver sped away. The Toyota was registered to appellant’s parents; he had driven it without permission.
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