In re B.W. CA1/5

BACKGROUND

In July 2021, the Solano County District Attorney filed a juvenile wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602, subd. (a))1 alleging that appellant committed murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) and attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 664), with allegations as to both charges that appellant personally and intentionally discharged a firearm (Pen. Code, § 12022.53).2 In February 2022, appellant admitted to second degree murder with the understanding that the attempted murder charge and the firearm enhancement allegations would be dismissed. In September 2022, following a contested dispositional hearing,3 the juvenile court committed appellant to RISE (Reaching Into Successful Endeavors), Solano County’s SYTF. The court set the baseline confinement term at six years and six months (§ 875, subd. (b)) and ordered that appellant’s maximum confinement term was until he reached the age of 25 (§ 875, subd. (c)). The court awarded appellant 449 days of precommitment credits but deferred ruling on whether those applied to the baseline or maximum term.4 Appellant appealed the dispositional order.

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare…