T.C.
People v. T.C.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Marquez, J.
*1432 Opinion
T.C. appeals from a juvenile court restitution order entered in conjunction with the court’s grant of deferred entry of judgment (DEJ) in his juvenile delinquency case. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 790 et seq.) He contends in substance that the juvenile court abused its discretion with regard to part of the restitution award.
The restitution order is not appealable and we must dismiss the appeal.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The minor stole a car. Then, in a predawn hour on February 13, 2011, he rammed it into a curb three times in a high school parking lot, rendering it a total loss for insurance purposes. This conduct precipitated the filing of a juvenile delinquency petition alleging that the minor engaged in conduct that if committed by an adult would constitute (1) auto theft (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)), (2) resisting arrest (Pen. Code, § 148, subd. (a)(1)), and (3) harming a police dog (id., § 600, subd. (a)) that was being used to hunt the minor down after he fled.
The minor admitted the allegations and the juvenile court granted DEJ, meaning that the petition was neither sustained nor not sustained. As a condition of participating in the DEJ program,…