A.G.

Appellant A.G. was alleged in a wardship petition to have committed assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. Following a contested jurisdictional hearing, the juvenile court found appellant had committed assault with a deadly weapon and attempted voluntary manslaughter.

At the dispositional hearing, the court, relying on In re Joseph M. (2007) 150 Cal.App.4th 889 [ 58 Cal.Rptr.3d 756 ] (Joseph M.), concluded it lacked the discretion to set a maximum term of confinement any lower than the minimum sentence that might be imposed on an adult for the same offense and set the maximum term of confinement at the mitigated term.

Appellant contends the evidence was insufficient to support the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings and argues the court should have denied the petition on the defense of necessity. Appellant also contends the juvenile *795 court had the discretion to impose a maximum term of confinement below the mitigated adult term. We reject appellant’s first two contentions and affirm the juvenile court’s order sustaining the wardship petition. However, we agree the juvenile court was not precluded from setting appellant’s maximum term of confinement…