In re Christina R. CA5

FACTS

Appellant was raised by her mother but sometimes was sent to live with her father because of behavior problems. On January 13, 2011, while appellant’s mother was getting ready for work, the then fourteen-year-old appellant got a call from a friend asking her to take some sweats to school for her. Appellant then began yelling at her mother that they needed to leave right away. After appellant’s mother told her to wait, appellant walked in and out of the house several times yelling and slamming the door. As her mother called 911, appellant took the battery from the phone, causing the call to disconnect. Appellant and her mother then pushed each other back and forth before appellant walked out of the house again. Appellant’s mother locked the door and called 911 again. While her mother was on the phone, appellant broke a window in her bedroom and re-entered the house. When her mother went to investigate, appellant threw a piece of glass that struck her mother on the

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2. cheek and cut her. Appellant tried to grab the phone out of her mother’s hand and yelled, “If I ... go to jail, I will…