People v. Mark C. (In re Mark C.)

*524 Defendant Mark C. was the subject of a wardship petition filed by the district attorney pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602, subdivision (a), 1 alleging that he possessed a knife with a blade longer than two and one-half inches on school grounds, in violation of Penal Code section 626.10.

Mark requested informal supervision under section 654.2, although his offense made him presumptively ineligible under section 654.3. The juvenile court denied Mark's request after a hearing.

At a subsequent hearing, Mark admitted the allegations in the petition and the juvenile court imposed conditions of probation, *869 including a requirement that he submit to warrantless searches of his "electronics including passwords" (electronics search condition).

On appeal, Mark raises three issues: the juvenile court erred in not placing him under informal supervision; the juvenile court erred in imposing the *525 electronics search condition; and several of the other probation conditions imposed by the juvenile court, including conditions that prohibit him from possessing weapons and narcotics, are unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and "lack proof of scienter," and must…