In re M.B. CA2/4
In August 2016, the District Attorney filed a petition against appellant, M.B., then age 14, under section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code (section 602), alleging one felony count of grand theft auto (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (d)(l)), and one felony count of driving/taking a vehicle without consent (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)). In September 2016, appellant admitted the petition’s allegations. The court dismissed the grand theft count, sustained the remaining count and ordered appellant home on probation.
On March 14, 2017, the Probation Department filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 777 (section 777), alleging appellant violated the terms of her probation by, among other things, engaging in acts of vandalism. On March 17, 2017, the District Attorney filed a second section 602 petition alleging that appellant, then age 15, committed one count of felony vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (a)). Appellant denied the allegations of both petitio
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