In re Jacob K. CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Appellate counsel has provided a summary of the evidence produced at the adjudication hearing. We will incorporate the statement in our opinion for background information. A. Direct Testimony of Officer Baptiste At the Minor’s adjudication hearing on February 14, 2022, the court heard testimony from Officer Baptiste. On January 2, 2022, Officer Baptiste was working with training officer, Agent Beard, when they responded to a traffic stop being conducted by Officer Truong. This was at approximately 8:30 p.m. Officer Truong told Officer Baptiste that he had stopped the vehicle with three occupants and found a firearm. At that point, two suspects were sitting on the curb while the officers tried to figure out their identities. One of the suspects was the Minor, who was a passenger in the vehicle. Officer Baptiste and Officer Atkins spoke with the suspects on the curb. Officer Baptiste talked to the Minor, who “identified himself first as Christopher [L.L].” The officers tried to verify his identify through dispatch, but the law enforcement database did not return anything with that name.

2 The Minor was detained at the time this happened, around approximately…