In re Lajoy E.

Filed 2/21/07  In re Lajoy E. CA2/1

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

            APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Martha Bellinger, Judge.  Affirmed.

            Nicole Williams, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

            No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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            Fourteen-year-old Lajoy E. brought a friend home without permission, and her mother asked the friend to leave.  In anger, Lajoy threw a kitchen knife toward the living room wall.  The mother closed herself in her bedroom and called 911.  While waiting for the police, Lajoy's younger brother saw her tapping at the bedroom door with knives and swinging the knives in a circular motion.  When an officer responded, Lajoy admitted everything but said she only intended to scare her mother.   

            The District Attorney filed a single count petition alleging that Lajoy had exhibited a deadly weapon.  (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602; Pen. Code, § 417, subd. (a)(1), a misdemeanor.)  After a contested hearing, the juvenile court found the allegation true, declared Lajoy a ward of the court, and sent her home on probation under specified terms (with a maximum confinement time of six months).

            Lajoy filed a notice of appeal and we appointed counsel to represent her.  After reviewing the record, appellate counsel filed an opening brief in which no issues were raised.  On November 20, 2006, we notified Lajoy that she had 30 days within which to submit any issues she wanted us to consider.  Lajoy has not responded.  Based on our independent examination of the record, we are satisfied that no arguable issues exist.  (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436; People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106.) 

            The judgment is affirmed.

            NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                                                        VOGEL, J.

We concur:

            MALLANO, Acting P.J.

            JACKSON, J.*

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*Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.

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