In Re Mario G.

Mario G. appeals from a judgment of the juvenile court making him a ward of the court and placing him in an institution. He contends that the jurisdictional order is not supported by substantial evidence.

At a detention hearing (see In re Dennis H. (1971) 19 Cal.App.3d 350 [ 96 Cal.Rptr. 791 ]).there was evidence that police officers went to appellant’s home in response to a report of ah “uncontrollable juvenile . . . high on booze and paint.” The officers found appellant standing on the porch holding a knife. Appellant yelled at the officers, saying that he was not going back to jail or to the hall, and threatening to kill the officers. Appellant slashed at the officers with the knife. He obtained a second knife from the house, and then threw one of the knives toward one of the officers. When appellant attempted to retrieve the knife he had thrown, two of the officers struck at him with batons, whereupon he struck at one of the officers with the remaining knife. Finally a member of appellant’s family grabbed him from behind and he was subdued and arrested. Once handcuffed appellant became cooperative. On this showing, the court ordered detention pending a jurisdictional…