In re K.X. CA5

INTRODUCTION

On April 26, 2013, a petition was filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602,1 alleging that appellant, K.X., committed attempted second degree commercial burglary, a misdemeanor (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 459, 460, subd. (b), count 1). At the conclusion of a contested jurisdiction hearing on July 24, 2013, the juvenile court found the allegation to be true.2 On August 14, 2013, the juvenile court found appellant to be a ward of the court and placed him on probation upon various terms and conditions. The juvenile court ordered that appellant be placed on an electronic monitor not to exceed 45 days and perform 75 hours of community service. The court authorized the probation department to permit appellant to perform up to 50 hours of community service for any violations of probation. Among the conditions of probation ordered by the juvenile court were that appellant obey all laws, “not to consume any alcoholic beverage,” “not to use or possess illegal narcotics or other controlled substances, related paraphernalia or poisons,” and “not to possess any property with the knowledge that such property is stolen.” The court’s minute order concerning the possession…