In re Paige W. CA4/1
Opinion
Opinion
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Since the Minor does not challenge the admissibility or the sufficiency of the
evidence to support the true findings we will simply adopt the very brief summary of
facts from the respondent's brief.
In a dispute with a neighbor in Spring Valley, the Minor pushed a woman to the
ground. The woman struck her head on a rock and suffered a bleeding laceration to the
back of her head. Appellant fled.
All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. 2 The Minor later admitted to an investigating officer that she pushed the woman
because the Minor was "upset."
DISCUSSION
The juvenile court has broad discretion to impose reasonable conditions of
probation for the purpose of rehabilitating a juvenile offender. (Welf. & Inst. Code,
§ 730, subd. (b); In re Victor L. (2010) 182 Cal.App.4th 902, 910.) However, a court
may not impose conditions that are so vague that it is unclear what the probationer is
supposed to do, or avoid doing. (In re Sheena K. (2007) 40 Cal.4th 875, 889-890; In re
Victor L., supra, at p. 910.)
Similarly, the juvenile court may not impose conditions that are so overbroad as to
fail to give…