In re Armando R.
Filed 3/20/06 In re Armando R. CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
| In re ARMANDO R., a Person Coming Under The Juvenile Court Law. |
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| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARMANDO R., Defendant and Appellant. |
F048283
(Super. Ct. No. 01CEJ600347-3)
O P I N I O N |
THE COURT*
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. Adolfo M. Corona, Judge.
Allen G. Weinberg, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans and Melissa Lipon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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The court readjudged appellant a ward of the court (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602) after it sustained allegations charging Armando with assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily harm (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)). On appeal, Armando contends: 1) the court abused its discretion when it committed him to the California Youth Authority (CYA); and 2) the court violated his constitutional right to equal protection of the law when it set his maximum term of confinement at four years. We will affirm.
FACTS
At a joint adjudication hearing for Armando and his brother Edwin G., Mariano Flores testified that on February 27, 2005, at approximately 1:30 a.m., as he rode by a house in Firebaugh with two juveniles, Jesus and Angelica, Edwin â€
