In re J.L. CA3

I. BACKGROUND

This case involves three sets of petitions filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 against the minor over two years.1 A. First Set of Petitions In June and July 2019, the minor was charged with 10 separate felonies, in three petitions, based on three separate incidents. On August 20, 2019, at the contested jurisdictional hearing, the minor admitted four counts from the three petitions: willful discharge of a firearm in a grossly negligent manner (Pen. Code, § 246.3, subd. (a)), carrying a loaded firearm (Pen. Code, § 25850, subd. (c)(2)), grand theft of a person (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (c)), and false imprisonment (Pen. Code, § 236). The remaining counts were dismissed. The factual basis for the admissions, as agreed to on the record at the jurisdictional hearing, described the three events leading to the petitions. On March 16, 2019, the minor had a concealed firearm, “and while handling the firearm, the minor . . . shot himself in the thigh.” On July 3, the minor and several others entered a home with “A.R. styled rifles.” They ordered one victim to lay on the floor, asked this victim where firearms were in the house, and punched the victim…