In re J.C. CA1/2

BACKGROUND

On March 11, 2020, staff of San Rafael High School received a call from a senior home located three or four blocks away from the school with a report that students were smoking marijuana near the home. A school security officer went to the senior home to investigate the report and while walking on a nearby street, encountered a group of students that included then 16-year- old J.C. and G.L. The students ignored the security officer and returned to the school campus, where they were later apprehended and searched. The search revealed J.C. had a knife, and G.L., vaporizer cartridges that contained concentrated cannabis. One month later, police received a report that students trespassed onto the San Rafael High School campus after school hours to play soccer and swim in the pool. J.C. was identified as one of the students. On July 7, the Marin County District Attorney filed a juvenile wardship petition under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 602 charging J.C. with possessing a weapon on school grounds (Pen. Code, § 626.10, subd. (a)(1)). Two months later, police received a report from a Target store in San Rafael that two minors inside the store placed several…