In Re Ramon A.

The juvenile court placed appellant Ramon A. in a county camp facility based in part on a finding that he violated Penal Code section 12034, subdivision (a), which makes it a misdemeanor for a driver “knowingly to permit any other person to carry into or bring into the vehicle a firearm in violation of Section 12031 of this code or Section 2006 of the Fish and Game Code.” (Pen. Code, § 12034, subd. (a).) Appellant contends that he could not properly be found to have violated section 12034 without proof that he knew the firearm in question was loaded. We reject this contention.

Background

On March 21, 1995, subsequent and supplemental petitions were filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 602 and 777 charging appellant with seven violations of criminal law, including unlawfully taking a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851) and knowingly permitting another to bring a firearm into his vehicle (Pen. Code, § 12034). Evidence at the jurisdictional hearing established that on March 18, 1995, officers pulled over a speeding car occupied by several youths and driven by appellant. The car had been taken the previous day from in front of the owner’s house without her…