In re Luis G. CA4/3

FACTS

In August 2020, the Orange County District Attorney filed a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 alleging Luis committed assault with a deadly weapon. (§ 245, subd. (a)(1).) At the jurisdiction hearing, the victim, Lorenzo D. (Lorenzo), testified that he managed a property that included a parking lot in Santa Ana. He lived in an adjacent building, and his girlfriend lived in Lorenzo’s motor home, which was parked in the lot. In the middle of the night on August 14, 2020, Lorenzo’s girlfriend called him, stating that she felt she was in danger because “someone was trying to kick down the door” of the motor home. Lorenzo went to the lot. Upon entering the lot, Lorenzo, who was carrying a flashlight, encountered a person later identified as Luis. Luis said, in a manner that Lorenzo characterized as “defyingly” and “offensive,” “‘I’m waiting for you.’” Lorenzo told Luis, “You are on private property,” to which Luis responded, “‘I don’t care, I can do what I want. I’m

1 Subsequent statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 going to kill you.’” Luis, then about ten feet away from Lorenzo, took out a knife and walked…