In re J.M. CA4/1

BACKGROUND

Audiovisual recordings on 15-year-old J.M.’s cell phone captured him beating M.C., threatening M.C., removing M.C.’s necklace and pants, and leaving with the loot. I.M. contacted D.H. and R.B. and told them what had happened to M.C. When the three arrived at the scene of the incident involving J.M. and M.C., J.M. and four others were waiting for them. Video surveillance captured J.M. and one of his companions emerging from behind the fence with handguns and firing multiple shots at I.M., D.H., and R.B. I.M. sustained life-threatening gunshot wounds that required surgery. R.B. and D.H. sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The People filed a petition against J.M. under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 alleging: five counts of attempted murder (counts 1–5; Pen. Code, §§ 21a, 187, subd. (a)) (one count each for I.M., D.H., and R.B., and two counts for John Does), with firearm enhancements on all counts (id., §§ 12022.5, subd. (a), 12022.53, subd. (d)) and great bodily injury enhancements on the counts concerning I.M., D.H., and R.B. (id., § 12022.7, subds. (a), (b)); five counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (counts 6– 10; id., § 245, subd.…