In re Alexander E. CA4/3

FACTS

We recite the facts in the light most favorable to the judgment. (People v. Houston (2012) 54 Cal.4th 1186, 1215.) Late in the afternoon, after school, a group of five or six boys, including nine-year-old Andre, were gathered outside of the Boys and Girls Club in Anaheim. Some of the boys were wrestling on the grass. Minor, then 15-years-old, walked up in the company of a teenage girl and offered $5 to whoever knocked out another person. The boys responded by starting to kick and hit Andre. The younger boys ran off when adult staff came to intervene. But then minor kicked Andre, spit in his face, took Andre’s shoe, and ran off. Andre had secreted $20 in the shoe.

2 A police officer responded to the scene and received information that 1 caused him to contact minor about 30 minutes later. The officer read minor his Miranda rights, and minor admitted taking the shoe. The shoe and the money were never found.

DISCUSSION

To assist the court in its independent review of the record, minor’s counsel has suggested we consider only one potentially arguable issue: to wit, whether the evidence was sufficient to support the finding that minor committed the robbery. (Anders v.…