In re O.F.

Filed 3/13/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re O.F., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Appellant, v.

O.F., A166528

Defendant and Respondent. (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. JV-027701-09)

O.F. was 14 years old when he joined a criminal street gang, after which he amassed an extensive and serious two-year record of criminal delinquency that culminated in his involvement with two adult coparticipants in the November 2019 shooting deaths of two minors associated with a rival gang. In early 2020, a juvenile wardship petition was filed charging O.F., age 16, with two counts of murder. The juvenile court held an amenability hearing over many months to determine whether O.F. was amenable to rehabilitation while in the court’s jurisdiction or whether he should be transferred to criminal court under Welfare and Institutions Code section

1 707.1 Meanwhile, O.F. behaved and performed exceptionally well during his more than two years in juvenile hall. The record is replete with positive and uncontradicted testimony about…