CA6
In re A v. CA6
Opinion
Opinion
Manoukian, J.
BACKGROUND
In 2013, the minor was with a group of teenagers who appeared to be a Norteño street gang. During an altercation with the victim, a knife was swung towards the victim. A witness reported that A.V. retrieved the knife and told the witness, “ ‘[Y]ou didn’t see anything right!’ ” The group then fled. The district attorney filed an amended petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 6021 alleging that the minor committed assault with a deadly weapon, a knife (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1); count 1), for the benefit of a criminal street gang (Pen. Code, § 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C)). In January 2014, the petition was further amended to add a second count alleging that the minor was an accessory after the fact to assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 32). The minor admitted the accessory count, and the assault count was dismissed. A disposition hearing was held on February 11, 2014. The probation department recommended, among other orders, that the minor be declared a ward of the court and placed on probation with various terms and conditions. The recommended gang conditions stated: “That said minor not knowingly associate with any person whom he knows to be, or…