In re J.B. CA3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In October 2010, the minor (DOB: November 1996) was declared a ward under Welfare and Institutions Code section 6021 after he admitted felony violations of Penal Code section 487 (grand theft) and Health and Safety Code section 11350 (possession of a controlled substance) in two separately filed petitions. The court released the minor to his mother’s custody. In January 2012, the minor was continued as a ward after he admitted a misdemeanor violation of Penal Code section 148.9 (providing false information to an officer). The court released the minor to his mother’s custody. A fourth petition filed July 19, 2013, pursuant to section 602 alleged the minor unlawfully possessed a concealable firearm (Pen. Code, § 29610) and unlawfully possessed a firearm without the manufacturer’s identification mark, a misdemeanor (Pen. Code, § 23920), and he was a prohibited person in possession of a firearm (Pen. Code, § 29815, subd. (a)). On the same day, a notice of hearing on a violation of probation was filed pursuant to section 777 alleging the minor possessed or controlled a dangerous weapon or he had knowingly remained in a building where a person unlawfully…