In re P.A. CA1/5

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

An amended wardship petition filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 alleged that P.A. committed felony second degree robbery (Pen. Code,

1 §§ 211, 212.5) while armed with a dangerous or deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (b)(1)). P.A. moved to suppress the evidence obtained from a search of his vehicle. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 700.1.) On May 2, 2012, the juvenile court held a combined jurisdictional and suppression hearing. A. Hearing on Jurisdiction and Motion to Suppress 1. Evidence at the Hearing Shortly before 11:00 p.m. on February 17, 2012, victim Taemun An (An) was walking home from a store on Contra Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill, carrying two grocery bags and a backpack and listening to music on his iPhone. As he stepped into a crosswalk, “somebody jumped on [him] from the back, so [he] fell on the ground.” He testified: “I found two guys in front of me, one guy aiming a gun at me, and both of them were repeating, „Give me your money, give me your money.‟” One of the assailants was “a little bit chubby.” The other, later determined to be appellant P.A., “was a bit skinny and taller than the chubby one” and was…