In re Dwayne C.
Filed 3/15/06 In re Dwayne C. CA2/7
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
| In re DWAYNE C., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | B180688 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. JJ12336) |
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DWAYNE C., Defendant and Appellant. |
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County,
Charles R. Scarlett, Judge. Affirmed.
Tara K. Allen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Margaret E. Maxwell and Susan S. Kim, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Dwayne C. appeals from the order of wardship entered following a finding he was a minor in possession of a firearm (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602; Pen. Code, § 12021, subd. (a)(1)). He was ordered home on probation. Dwayne C. contends the evidence is insufficient to support the finding, and the juvenile court improperly rejected the defense of transitory possession and erroneously relied on the probation officer's report. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Prosecution Evidence
On October 9, 2004, Los Angeles Police Sergeant Kevin Scroggins was investigating a physical altercation reportedly involving Dwayne C.'s mother. As Scroggins was talking to potential witnesses, one of them pointed to a passing car and said, â€
