In re C.G. CA5

INTRODUCTION

Minor C.G. appeals from an order of the juvenile court in proceedings under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 adjudging him to be a ward of the court. After the contested jurisdictional hearing, the juvenile court found C.G. had committed a willful, deliberate and premediated murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a))1 of W., another minor, and found true an allegation that C.G. committed the murder while engaged in a robbery (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A)). The court found not true a special allegation the murder was committed for financial gain (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(1)). At a dispositional hearing, the juvenile court ordered C.G. be adjudged a ward of the juvenile court and that he be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF), for life up to age 25. C.G. challenges the juvenile court’s findings and dispositional order and argues there was no substantial evidence that (1) he committed the murder; (2) the murder was willful, deliberate and premeditated; or (3) that he committed the murder during the course of a robbery. C.G. also claims the prosecution failed to timely disclose evidence in violation of Brady v.…