In Re Emilio C.

INTRODUCTION

Emilio C., a minor (appellant), had previously been adjudicated a ward of the juvenile court pursuant to two petitions filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602, charging appellant with second degree robbery and second degree burglary. Appellant then became the subject of two subsequent petitions, filed on June 25, 2002, and September 13, 2002, and sustained by the juvenile court. He appeals from the juvenile court’s adjudication and disposition of the June 25, 2002 and September 13, 2002 petitions. With regard to the June 25, 2002 petition, the juvenile court found that appellant had committed the crime of driving without a valid license. (Veh. Code, § 12500, subd. (a).) With regard to the September 13, 2002 petition, the juvenile court found that appellant had committed the crime of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code, § 288.5, subd. (a)), and that appellant’s offense was one covered by Welfare and Institutions Code section 707, subdivision (b). The court elected to aggregate the periods of confinement on appellant’s multiple petitions, including the two previously sustained petitions, and committed appellant to…