In re Oscar F. CA3

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

A detailed recitation of the facts underlying Oscar F.’s offense is unnecessary to resolve this appeal. Briefly summarized, Oscar F. and another individual assaulted Adam M. with a metal bar in Lassen County, California. Adam M. sustained major injuries, including facial lacerations, fractures, and a bleed in his brain. Although initially treated in Susanville, due to the extent of his injuries, Adam M. was transferred to medical facilities in Reno, Nevada, for treatment. Oscar F. had previously been declared a ward of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 6021 for possessing a pocket knife and marijuana at school. On May 7, 2012, a second section 602 juvenile wardship petition (602 petition) was filed in Lassen County juvenile court alleging Oscar F. assaulted Adam M. with a deadly weapon. (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1) [count 1].) Oscar F. admitted the allegations of the 602 petition. At the dispositional hearing, the juvenile court continued Oscar F. as a ward of the court, ordered him to serve a variable commitment of between nine and 18 months and to complete the program at the Bar-O-Boys Ranch, and ordered Oscar F. to perform 200…