In re Tommy M. CA1/4
Tommy M., when one month shy of his 18th birthday, participated in the robbery of a young woman’s cell phone and then ran from the police when they tried to apprehend him. He was adjudged a ward of the court as a result, with true findings that he had committed a felony second degree robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 212.5) and resisted arrest, a misdemeanor (Pen. Code, § 148). He claims on appeal that a police investigator violated his Miranda rights when he asked Tommy for his phone number as biographical identifying data, without administering a Miranda warning. (Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 (Miranda).) He further claims the court erred in denying his Marsden motion (People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118 (Marsden)) and denying his attorney’s simultaneous motion to withdraw as counsel due to a “conflict of interest.” He contends there was insufficient evidence to identify him as one of the robbers. With respect to disposition, Tommy argues an electronics search c
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