In re E.N. CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In August 2012, during a pat down of minor after a lawful stop of a vehicle in which minor was a passenger, police discovered a loaded .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol. In response, the People filed a juvenile wardship petition alleging: (1) felony

1 Unspecified statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle (Pen. Code, § 25850, subd. (a)); (2) minor in possession of a concealable firearm, a felony (id., § 29610); and (3) minor in possession of live ammunition, a misdemeanor (id., § 29650). In return for minor’s agreement to admit possession of a concealable firearm, the People dismissed the other two counts. At the time minor admitted the charge,2 the court asked minor if he understood that the concealable firearm charge “has a maximum of three years of possible confinement time so if you were not successful on probation and the Court made you a ward of the Court, and you were placed in out of home placement, then the Court could keep you confined or placed in out of home placement up to three years less any credits that you have in the juvenile hall?” In response,…