In re M.H.
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 6/21/16 Certified for Publication 7/18/16 (order attached)
COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In re M.H., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.
D067616
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. J235668)
v.
M.H.,
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Kenneth K.
So and Roderick Ward Shelton, Judges. Affirmed.
Appellate Defenders, Inc., and Jared G. Coleman, under appointment by the Court
of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney
General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Steve Oetting, Deputy Solicitor General, Eric A. Swenson, Scott C. Taylor and Junichi P. Semitsu, Deputy Attorneys
General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Technology advancements have resulted in many high school students carrying
smartphones, which have applications to record and upload videos to social media for
immediate viewing by their peers. In this case, 16-year-old M.H. used his smartphone to
surreptitiously record a fellow high school student, Matthew B., in…