In Re Curtis T.

Curtis T. admitted an allegation he possessed stereo equipment with obliterated serial numbers in violation of Penal Code section 537e and was declared a ward of the court. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602.) On appeal, Curtis contends the court erred in denying his suppression motion.

Facts

On May 3, 1988, a petition was filed alleging Curtis had unlawfully possessed cocaine. He was placed on home supervision pursuant to a home supervision agreement signed by Curtis and his mother. On Friday, May 13, 1989, Assistant Deputy Probation Officer Charlotte Welch, who was assigned to the home supervision detail, called Curtis’s home and asked to speak with him. She spoke to his mother who told her Curtis was not at home. This violated the terms of Curtis’s home supervision agreement. Welch stated she would come by the following morning to pick up Curtis and take him to juvenile hall for violating his home supervision.

At about 9 a.m. Saturday morning, Welch and another probation officer accompanied by La Mesa Police Officer Ozeroff and his partner went to Curtis’s house to arrest him for violating the conditions of his home supervision. The police officers initially attempted to…