In Re Miguel G.

Appellant, Miguel G., appeals from the order of the juvenile court which found him to be a ward of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. The order was based upon findings that he had possessed phencyclidine (PCP) (a violation of Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)) on October 31, 1979, and had possession of a concealed loaded firearm on December 22, 1979 (a violation of Pen. Code, §§ 12025, subd. (b), and 12031, subd. (a)).

Appellant does not contest any issues arising from the petition concerning the firearm. Thus a short statement of the facts will suffice: On December 22, 1979, appellant was arrested outside of a grocery store where he had been drinking beer. He was observed trying to dispose of a loaded automatic pistol which he had been carrying in his pocket.

The first petition and the one which is the subject of this appeal concerns the events that occurred on October 31, 1979, at about 9:45 a.m. At that time two Los Angeles police officers assigned to a police “school car” observed appellant walking in an alley west of Central Avenue on 42d Street in Los Angeles. The location was about 8 to 10 blocks from Jefferson High School.…