M.G.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 7, 1985, at about 3:30 a.m., a sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a homicide at a house in El Dorado Hills. The deputy saw blood spatter and smears on the walls and on the doorway adjacent to the upstairs bedroom. The carpet leading to the bedroom had significant bloodstain.2 The victim was on the bed next to a lamp base with a significant amount of blood on it. The coroner’s report indicated the victim had a battered face, a bite mark on her left rear shoulder, and 29 stab wounds. The stab wounds included four to the head, one to the jugular vein, one to the chest that perforated a rib and injured a lung, seven on her hands and forearms, and five on her back (one of which pierced her lung).

Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2The juvenile court indicated that while the evidence showed the victim’s body was moved, there was no evidence petitioner moved the body.

2 Steve testified that earlier that evening, he and petitioner were at their friend K.’s house in El Dorado Hills for a party. After the sun went down, Steve, petitioner, and K. walked to a park where they drank beer, smoked marijuana, and met a…