In re I.D. CA4/1

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedJuly 30, 2013
DocketD063120
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 7/30/13 In re I.D. CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In re I.D., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. D063120 THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. J232412)

v.

I.D.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Richard R.

Monroy, Judge. Affirmed in part; reversed in part.

Robert Booher, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Melissa Mandel and Eric A.

Swenson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. The San Diego County District Attorney filed a juvenile petition under section 602

of the Welfare and Institutions Code, alleging I.D. attempted to dissuade a witness from

reporting a crime in violation of Penal Code section 136.1, subdivision (b)(1)1 (count 1)

and obstructed a telephone in violation of section 591 (count 2). Finding both charges

true beyond a reasonable doubt, the juvenile court adjudged I.D. a ward of the court and

granted probation. On appeal, I.D. contends (1) there was insufficient evidence to sustain

a true finding on count 1; (2) the juvenile court erred in failing to stay count 2 under

section 654; and (3) the weapons condition imposed as part of her probation lacks an

explicit knowledge requirement and is thereby unconstitutionally vague. We modify the

judgment to stay the execution of count 2 and modify the probation condition as specified

in the disposition. In all other respects, the judgment is affirmed.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

On October 26, 2012, Officer Patron and her partner were dispatched to I.D.'s

home to assist a probation officer. I.D.'s twin sister was on probation, and the probation

officer had gone to the home to take the sister to a meeting at school. After I.D. became

uncooperative and intrusive, the probation officer called for additional officers to come

keep the peace. Once the probation officer took the sister to her meeting, Officer Patron

and her partner left the residence.

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code. 2 A few hours later, Officer Patron returned to I.D.'s home with a Psychiatric

Emergency Response Team (PERT) clinician after receiving a call from a neighbor

reporting a loud argument. I.D. and her sister had gotten into an argument over money.

The sister had taken off, and while the officers spoke with I.D., their mother arrived

home. According to Officer Patron, the mother was upset, crying, and shaking, saying

her daughters were out of control and disrespectful. I.D. yelled and swore at her mother,

blaming her for I.D.'s problems. After the PERT clinician spoke with I.D., the officers

left the home.

Less than five minutes later, Officer Patron received a third call to return to I.D.'s

home. The neighbor had called again to report another argument. While the neighbor

was on the line, sheriff's dispatch learned they had received a 911 hang-up call from

I.D.'s home. Dispatch tried to call back, but there was no answer. When Officer Patron

returned to the home, I.D. had left and her mother was crying. Her mother said once the

officers left, I.D. "went crazy" and started blaming their mother for the sister going back

to juvenile hall. According to Officer Patron, her mother stated that I.D. had said, "It's

your fault that my sister is going back to Juvenile Hall," and made an assaultive gesture.

When her mother went to call the police, I.D. took the phone out of her hands and ripped

it out of the wall. Her mother then went to her neighbor's house, and the neighbor called

911. Officer Patron observed a disconnected phone on the ground inside the home.

Officer Patron told their mother she could report her daughters as runaways, but she

declined. The officers then concluded their contact.

3 The following morning, Officer Patron returned to I.D.'s home for a fourth time

after the neighbors again reported hearing a loud argument. Seeing a mark above I.D.'s

eye and scratches on the sister's face, Officer Patron learned I.D. and her sister got into an

altercation over money again. At that point, Officer Patron took I.D. and her sister into

custody.

B. The Jurisdictional Hearing

The district attorney filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section

602, alleging I.D. had violated section 136.1, subdivision (b)(1) by attempting to prevent

or dissuade a victim or witness of crime from making a report of that victimization and

violated section 591 by maliciously obstructing or injuring a telephone. At the

jurisdictional hearing, only I.D.'s mother and Officer Patron testified as witnesses; neither

side presented any other evidence. The two witnesses offered conflicting testimony. For

example, I.D.'s mother testified that she never called 911, while Officer Patron testified

that the dispatcher received a 911 hang-up call from her residence. Officer Patron

testified that her mother had reported I.D. making an assaultive gesture while yelling,

"It's your fault that my sister is going back to Juvenile Hall," but her mother testified I.D.

said calmly, "If the police come, they are going to take my sister to Juvenile Hall because

she's on probation" and never took a swing at her. Officer Patron testified to I.D.'s

mother reporting that I.D. had ripped the phone out of her hands and the wall, but her

mother denied any attempt by I.D. to interfere with a phone call. Both witnesses also

presented conflicting testimony as to what kind of phone the mother owns and whether it

was properly connected when Officer Patron returned to the scene.

4 C. The Court's Ruling

The court found I.D.

"did cause or obstruct . . . the phone from being used by the mother. And I believe the People have proven that beyond a reasonable doubt, that on that day, on the 26th of October, I.D. obstructed the use of that phone, and she did so for the reasons that would be resulting in Count 1, which was, she did not want the mother to report a probation violation. That came directly from the mother and I believe that to be the only truthful part of that testimony."

The court then found section 654 did not apply. I.D.'s counsel argued that because

the court found I.D. removed the phone for the purpose of dissuading her mother from

reporting the probation violation, there was only one act that violated two separate

statutes, thus triggering the application of section 654 to stay one of the counts. The

People argued there were two separate acts—the verbal dissuasion of the mother and then

the obstruction of the phone. The court agreed, noting the two counts did not share an

element. The court then imposed a term of one year four months.

D. The Dispositional Hearing

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