M.F.

People v. M.F.

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212 Cal. Rptr. 3d 664·7 Cal. App. 5th 489
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 12, 2017No. D068971California2,210 words

Opinion

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Aaron, J.

Defendant M.E appeals from the juvenile court’s disposition order declaring him a ward of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 602, committing him to a residential program, and setting probation conditions. He contends that the court erred by (1) admitting cumulative and prejudicial testimony and exhibits at the disposition hearing; (2) committing him to a 480-day residential program; (3) imposing an unconstitutionally overbroad probation condition restricting his possession of electronic devices; (4) designating one of his offenses as a felony without a proper section 702 finding; and (5) failing to deduct his predisposition custody credits when calculating his maximum term of confinement.

We conclude that the juvenile court erred in imposing an overly broad probation condition regarding electronic devices and in failing to deduct predisposition custody credits when determining M.E’s maximum time of confinement. 2 We therefore reverse the disposition order in part, and remand for the juvenile court to modify its order to include (1) a more narrowly tailored probation condition, and (2) a deduction of M.E’s predisposition custody credits in its…

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