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BACKGROUND

Viewed in accordance with the usual rule of appellate review (People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206), the evidence established the following. 1. Prosecution evidence. Cindy Ward worked as a campus safety officer for the Lynwood Unified School District. On July 19, 2012, she was monitoring surveillance cameras for 19 schools in the district when she saw five individuals jump a gate at Lynwood Middle School and begin “tagging” (i.e., writing graffiti) on school property. Ward identified 14-year-old C.V. as one of those who jumped the gate. She saw C.V. tag a trash can and a wall near the girl’s locker room. Ward contacted the police. Paul Garcia worked as a security guard for the Lynwood Unified School District and he responded to Ward’s vandalism alert. While giving sheriff’s deputies access to the school grounds, Garcia saw C.V. trying to flee by climbing over a gate. He ordered C.V. to stop and get on the ground. C.V. was detained by the deputies and handcuffed. C.V. was then taken to a sheriff’s station where he was interviewed by Deputy Sheriff Fabiola Pacheco. They spoke in an interview room while C.V. was still handcuffed. His parents were not present.…