In re Joel R.
Filed 4/25/06 In re Joel R. CA2/1
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
| In re JOEL R., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | B184872 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. FJ36434) |
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOEL R., Defendant and Appellant. |
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Shep Zebberman, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Affirmed.
Lynette Gladd Moore, 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, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Lawrence M. Daniels and Ryan B. McCarroll, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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INTRODUCTION
In a Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition, the People alleged that defendant Joel R. violated Penal Code section 12101, subdivision (a)(1), which prohibits a minor from possessing a firearm that is capable of being concealed upon the person. After denying defendant's motion to suppress the firearm (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 700.1), the trial court found the allegation in the petition to be true, sustained the petition as a felony, declared defendant a ward of the court and placed him in the Camp Community Placement Program for three months. On appeal, defendant challenges the denial of his suppression motion. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On June 7, 2005, Los Angeles Police Officer David Dilkes was assigned to the gang unit and worked in an area occupied by the 18th Street and the West Boulevard Crips gangs. Officer Dilkes was a West Boulevard Crips expert; other officers in his unit were experts with respect to 18th Street. All officers in the gang unit worked together to calm the problem caused by an ongoing war between the two gangs and â€
