In Re Louis F.

An amended petition filed May 9, 1977, alleged that appellant, a minor aged 17, committed murder and robbery on May 3, 1977, that in connection therewith he used a firearm and that he was a person coming within the provisions of then section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Following an adjudication hearing, the court found the allegations to be true and ordered appellant placed with the California Youth Authority. The appeal is from the orders sustaining the petition and declaring appellant a ward of the court pursuant thereto.

The evidence adequately discloses the murder occurred at approximately 2:25 a.m. on the morning of May 3, 1977. The victim was an employee of a gasoline service station, working alone. A truck driver (Haven), detained by a stoplight at the intersection where the station was located, heard what sounded like a gunshot and immediately thereafter saw a man running from the station, about 25 or 30 feet from the station’s office and 50 feet from Haven. The man, whose face he could not see, appeared to be wearing a gray-looking shirt, green pants and a baseball-type cap with bill. At almost the same time, a tow truck driver (Golob) was on a…