In re Jonathan A. CA3

BACKGROUND

On January 17, 2011, a woman called a pizza restaurant and ordered a pizza delivered. When the pizza delivery person arrived at the designated address, he was robbed of the pizza. The victim described several individuals participating in the robbery, including two “male [B]lack juveniles.” The police traced the phone number used to order the pizza to Cynthia Lee, who lived a few houses down from where the pizza was to be delivered.

2 Law enforcement officers, including Officer Karl Chan, went to Cynthia’s home and were invited in by John Anderson. Inside, Officer Chan saw approximately eight people in the home. Initially, “[i]t was a very calm scene and everybody was very cooperative.” Officer Chan asked to speak to the three male juveniles or young adults in the home, including the minor (who was 14 years old at the time). Officer Chan spoke with the minor in the garage, which had been converted into a bedroom. He told the minor there had been a robbery across the street and asked if the minor knew anything about it. The minor was cooperative, but offered no information. Officer Chan left the house and returned to the scene of the robbery. After Officer Chan left…