In re V.D. CA1/4

BACKGROUND

V.D. has a history of section 602 wardship proceedings in Alameda County beginning in April 2018, with the proceedings referred to by sequential numbers in the juvenile court’s records. Most of this wardship history is irrelevant to V.D.’s arguments, so we need not discuss it in detail. We summarize only the pertinent facts. On January 30, 2020, V.D. absconded from his placement in Los Angeles and was picked up by the police. V.D. was

1 Undesignated statutory citations are to the Welfare and

Institutions Code.

2 transported back to Alameda County and booked into juvenile hall on February 4, 2020. After further proceedings not relevant here, in July 2022, V.D. admitted to an allegation in Petition 10 that he had committed second degree robbery in February 2022. On July 29, 2022, the juvenile court continued him as a ward of the court and committed him to an SYTF for 18 months. The court reduced V.D.’s custody time by three months in January 2023. He completed his commitment in July 2023 and was released on probation to the home of his sister, with two periods of electronic monitoring. After the end of the second period of electronic monitoring, V.D. was arrested in…