In re K.M.

BACKGROUND

A. The People filed a juvenile wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602, subd. (a)) alleging that Kevin, who was 15 at the time, committed second-degree robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 212.5, subd. (c)) by taking a cell phone from the victim by means of force or fear. The Santa Clara County juvenile court sustained the petition, finding that Kevin had aided and abetted the robbery. (See People v. Perez (2005) 35 Cal.4th 1219, 1225 (Perez) [a person may be found liable of a crime either as a direct perpetrator or as one who aided and abetted a direct perpetrator].) After the case was transferred to San Mateo 1 County for disposition, the court continued Kevin as a ward of the court,1 ordered him to serve 120 days therapeutic detention in juvenile hall, and placed him on probation in his parents’ home. B. On the day of the incident, the victim was listening to his AirPod earphones and looking at his cell phone while walking back to his office after picking up his lunch. He saw five individuals with bicycles who were outside of a 7-Eleven. A few minutes later, someone tapped him on one side while another individual, who was on a bicycle, passed him on the other side and…