In re D.J. CA1/2

I. INTRODUCTION

Following a contested hearing, appellant D.J. was continued as a ward of the court1 for committing one count of robbery and one count of attempted robbery, and was ordered removed from his parents’ custody. He appeals, claiming that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the attempted robbery adjudication and that the juvenile court erred in not stating a maximum period of confinement. We conclude the record contains substantial evidence supporting the attempted robbery adjudication. We will, however, remand for the limited purposed of allowing the juvenile court to specify a maximum

1 Previously, the San Mateo Superior Court had adjudged appellant to be a ward of the court after sustaining an allegation of petty theft (Pen. Code, § 484), a misdemeanor, on December 29, 2011. The court sustained a second allegation of petty theft (Pen. Code, § 484) on October 10, 2012.

1 term of confinement. The jurisdictional and dispositional orders are affirmed in all other respects.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On March 5, 2013,2 then 17-year-old D.J. participated in a series of events that led to multiple robbery related charges. However, appellant only…