In re J.T. CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

A delinquency petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602, subd. (a)) filed on July 18, 2023, alleged J.T. committed eight counts of a lewd act upon a child (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)) and two counts of oral copulation of a person

1 under eighteen (Pen. Code, § 287, subd. (b)(1)).1 As described in the subsequent probation report, J.T. and his family were having dinner at a friend’s house when J.T.’s eight-year-old brother reportedly licked the friend’s son’s penis. The brother revealed that J.T. “had been doing the same thing to him for over a year.” A social worker interviewed the brother and J.T.’s younger sister, the latter of whom said J.T. had also touched her genitals on multiple occasions. At a hearing a few days later, the juvenile court appointed counsel for J.T. Counsel waived the reading of the petition and the advisement of rights. (§§ 633, 700.) The court found the People had made a prima facie showing that J.T. met the requirements for jurisdiction under section 602, and it ordered him detained pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 5.760(c)(1)(E), considering there were no other family members who could care for either J.T. or his siblings. At an…