In re R.C. CA1/4

I.

INTRODUCTION

On February 3, 2014, a petition was filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 in the Alameda County Superior Court alleging that 15-year-old minor R.C. (appellant) had robbed another juvenile of personal property, an iPhone 5. (Pen. Code, § 211.) Following a contested hearing, the court sustained the petition. At the disposition hearing on March 25, 2014, the court continued appellant’s wardship, and released him to his father’s custody on GPS monitoring. Appellant contends the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence of the victim’s out-of-court photo identification which he claims was unduly suggestive. Appellant also claims prosecutorial misconduct due to improperly coaching the victim prior to his rebuttal testimony. Lastly, he argues the evidence was insufficient

1 to prove he was the person who committed the robbery. We disagree with these arguments and affirm the juvenile court’s orders.

II.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The prosecution’s chief witness was the robbery victim, who was a high school freshman at the time of the crime. When the victim got out of school on January 30, 2014, he went to a nearby gas station with…