In re J.A. CA3

I. BACKGROUND

The juvenile wardship petition alleged the minor committed discharge of a firearm at an occupied motor vehicle (Pen. Code, § 246—count I); assault with a firearm (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(2)—counts II-VII); and battery causing serious bodily injury (Pen. Code, §§ 242, 243, subd. (d)—count VIII). The petition also alleged the minor inflicted great bodily injury during the commission of count VIII. On March 2, 2023, the minor admitted the truth of count VIII, and in exchange, the court dismissed the enhancement allegation. The remaining counts were set for a contested jurisdictional hearing. At the April 11, 2023, contested jurisdictional hearing, the People presented evidence that the minor, who was a passenger in a car, repeatedly shot a black revolver at another car occupied by six people. The juvenile court found true the allegations that the minor had committed counts I through VII, and the matter was set for a dispositional hearing. At the May 18, 2023, dispositional hearing, the juvenile court declared all counts to be felonies, declared the minor a ward of the court, and committed him for treatment at the Maxine Singer Youth Guidance Center for a period not…