In re W.W. CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

In June 2023, seventeen-year-old W.W. and a friend were to meet the victim under the guise of buying a PS5 video gaming device from him. Instead, they robbed the victim of the device, and W.W.’s friend shot the victim in his left thigh. A petition was filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 charging W.W. with second degree robbery with an enhancement due to the use of a firearm by a principal in the commission of the crime. (§§ 211, 212.5, subd. (c), 12022, subd. (a)(1).) W.W.’s age and the nature of the charge made him ineligible for deferred entry of judgment. At the pretrial conference, W.W.’s counsel informed the court of a negotiated disposition and his willingness to enter a no contest plea to an amended petition. The petition was amended to add a single count of felony assault likely to cause great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)) and a single count of theft from the person of another (§ 487, subd. (c)), a misdemeanor. The juvenile court questioned W.W. on his willingness to enter a no contest plea, the voluntariness of his plea and his waiver of his constitutional rights. W.W. entered no contest pleas to the new counts, and the court found a…