In Re Jonathan M.

People v. Jonathan M.

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117 Cal. App. 3d 530·172 Cal. Rptr. 833·1981 Cal. App. LEXIS 1572
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 31, 1981Crim. 37018California2,600 words

Opinion

Opinion

Lillie, J.

The minor appeals from disposition order entered on order sustaining petition charging unlawful driving and taking a motor vehicle. (§ 10851, Veh. Code.)

On the night of November 2 Mrs. Lopez’ locked 1963 Chevrolet was stolen from its parking place; two days later it was returned to her with a damaged left windwing and a different ignition key.

At 3:30 a.m. on November 3 Officers Anderson and Henson riding in a patrol car observed a car containing 5 young people, 15 or 16 years old, stopped at a red light; driving in the opposite direction, they pulled up alongside of the vehicle and looked in; Officer Anderson observed the driver and seated next to him the minor, and in the rear seat a girl and two males; the driver’s windwing of the vehicle was damaged; Officer Henson directed the spotlight into the vehicle, and the minor ducked down in the front seat and put his arm up over his head bringing his jacket with it trying to shield himself from the view of the officers; the light changed and the driver made a hard right turn and accelerated driving away at a high rate of speed; they turned around and pursued the vehicle; as they drove around a brick building, they saw all…

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