In re J.I. CA3

BACKGROUND

In 2018, a wardship petition was filed against J.I. under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602,1 alleging that he committed an attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187, subd. (a)) and an assault with a deadly weapon (id., § 245, subd. (a)(2)). It was further alleged for the attempted murder, that J.I. personally used and discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury (id., § 12022.53, subd. (d)); for the assault, that J.I. personally used a firearm (id., § 12022.5, subd. (a)); and for both offenses, that J.I. inflicted great bodily injury (id., § 12022.7). Over two years later, J.I. admitted he attempted to murder someone, inflicted great bodily injury, and personally used and discharged a firearm. The juvenile court sustained the petition in part following J.I.’s admission, with the prosecutor dismissing the assault count in consideration of the admission. The juvenile court committed J.I. to DJJ for a maximum term of confinement of 30 years. A few months after the court committed J.I. to DJJ, the Legislature enacted a bill calling for the closure of DJJ on June 30, 2023. (Stats. 2021, ch. 18, § 10.) On June 29, 2023, with the closure of DJJ imminent, the…