In re Malik S. CA1/5

BACKGROUND

In April 2011, the Contra Costa County District Attorney filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 602, subdivision (a) juvenile wardship petition alleging a misdemeanor violation of Penal Code section 626.10, subdivision (a) (possessing a

1 weapon on school grounds).1 Following a contested hearing, the juvenile court sustained the allegation. In October 2011, the court imposed a one-year wardship. Between December 2011 and April 2012, appellant committed several probation violations while residing in his mother’s home. In May 2012, appellant was committed to a ranch program; in June 2012, appellant violated probation by fighting with another resident. At the end of June, he was removed from the ranch program for “mental health reasons,” and the juvenile court subsequently directed that appellant be evaluated by doctors at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. In August 2012, the juvenile court returned appellant to home supervision in his mother’s house. On October 4, appellant “was successfully terminated from the home supervision program,” but on October 22 a notice of probation violation was filed. Appellant was alleged to have violated probation by…