In re R.B. CA3

BACKGROUND

On July 28, 2014, while the victim family was on vacation, the minor and three of his friends went to the victims’ home. They took the victims’ car and drove it around for a few hours. The minor then took two of his friends to his father’s house and left them there while he and the remaining friend went to pick up two other friends. At some point, when the minor was not present, two of his friends returned to the victims’ home and stole “a large amount of property,” including a gun. A neighbor, who was watching the home while the family was away, noticed the car was missing and the front security door open. She contacted the family. The family contacted the police; when the police arrived, they discovered that the house had been “ransacked.” The People later filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 juvenile wardship petition alleging the minor committed three felony offenses: (1) first degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459), (2) conspiracy to commit a crime (Pen. Code, § 182, subd. (a)(1)), and (3) the unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)). The People notified the minor and the juvenile court that the minor was eligible for…