In re Jasmine R. CA1/2

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedSeptember 24, 2015
DocketA144158
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 9/24/15 In re Jasmine R. CA1/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re JASMINE R., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. A144158 JASMINE R., (Mendocino County Super. Ct. Defendant and Appellant. No. SCUK-JDSQ-14-1707201)

Appellant Jasmine R. appeals after admitting one allegation of petty theft in a juvenile wardship proceeding. On appeal, appellant contends (1) the juvenile court abused its discretion when it imposed gang conditions of probation, and (2) two of the gang conditions must be modified because they are unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. We conclude that one of the gang probation conditions must be modified, but shall otherwise affirm the juvenile court’s orders. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On September 22, 2014, a juvenile wardship petition was filed, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602, subdivision (a), alleging that appellant, then age 15, had committed petty theft from a merchant (Pen. Code, §§ 484, subd.

1 (a)/488/490.5—count 1),1 and had possessed 28.5 grams or less of marijuana at school (Health & Saf. Code, § 11357, subd. (e)—count 2). On November 13, 2014, an amended petition was filed, alleging that appellant had committed shoplifting (§ 459.5—count 1); petty theft (§§ 484, subd. (a)/488/490.5—count 2); and possession of 28.5 grams or less of marijuana at school (Health & Saf. Code, § 11357, subd. (e)—count 3). On November 19, 2014, appellant admitted the shoplifting allegation, and the juvenile court dismissed the remaining two allegations. At the December 4, 2014 dispositional hearing, the juvenile court adjudged appellant a ward of the court and placed her on probation. Appellant’s counsel objected to the probation officer’s suggested imposition of gang conditions on the ground that there was no evidence of appellant’s involvement with a gang. On January 20, 2015, following a contested hearing on the reserved issue of whether imposition of gang conditions of probation was appropriate, the juvenile court imposed several such conditions. On January 27, 2015, appellant filed a notice of appeal from the imposition of the gang probation conditions. FACTUAL BACKGROUND The probation report summarized the offense as follows: On September 3, 2014, appellant and a friend were shopping at Kohl’s Department Store in Ukiah when a loss prevention officer observed them enter the same fitting room holding several bottles of fragrance. When they exited the fitting room, the friend’s purse was larger than when they had entered. The loss prevention officer contacted both minors in the parking lot, recovered the stolen items, and detained them until police arrived. The arresting officer told the probation officer that, “during the investigation process [appellant] was defiant and had no remorse. [Her] mother admitted to [the officer] she has no control of [appellant], and [appellant] does not listen to her.”

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 DISCUSSION I. Imposition of Gang Probation Conditions Appellant contends the juvenile court abused its discretion when it imposed gang conditions of probation. A. Juvenile Court Background In the initial probation report filed on November 19, 2014, the probation officer reported that appellant had said that she “drinks seven to eight beers whenever she can,” that she smoked marijuana twice a week, and that she had used methamphetamine in approximately July 2014. Appellant’s mother had reported that, when appellant was at home, she was “a sweet girl who listens,” but when with her friends, she stayed out until late at night or did not come home at all.2 The probation officer further reported that appellant, who was in the ninth grade, had been discharged from a special high school program after breaking the program’s agreement. Her school attendance had been poor and she had had four “formal incidents” on her school behavioral record since May 2014, two of which resulted in suspensions. “The incidents involved cursing at the bus driver after being kicked off [the bus] for misconduct, being under the influence of marijuana and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, threats and intimidation, and for insulting another student after being told not to.” Appellant’s grade point average for the current school year was 1.92. The probation officer believed that appellant’s behavior was “escalating very quickly,” and that her mother had “very little control over her daughter.” On January 20, 2015, the juvenile court held a contested hearing regarding whether to impose gang probation conditions on appellant. Angelica Contreras, the probation officer assigned to supervise appellant at her high school, testified that she had inspected appellant’s cell phone on January 8. Contreras found photographs that depicted

2 The probation officer described two recent incidents in which appellant’s whereabouts were not known for five days in July 2014, and for 17 days from October to November 2014.

3 red bandanas, red clothing, appellant making a gesture of the number three while wearing pink and blue nail polish, appellant with a blue bandana and blue sweater, and an Oakland Raiders hat. The number three, the color blue, blue bandanas, and Raiders images are known to be associated with the Sureño gang. The color red is associated with the Norteño gang. The Norteños and Sureños are rival gangs. Contreras also saw photographs of booking logs depicting a known Sureño gang member, Jaime R., and his girlfriend, C.S., following their arrest in January 2015. Appellant had told Contreras that they were her friends, and Contreras believed that may have explained why she was displaying the color blue and the number three in some of her photographs. Appellant told Contreras that she did not need gang terms because “she had friends on both sides.” Other photographs were found on appellant’s Facebook page, some of which were over a year old while some were more recent. There were photographs that depicted Raiders images, the color blue, a “California Republic” flag, “which is sometimes associated with the Norteño gang,” photographs of appellant wearing red, photographs tinted in red with hand gestures,3 photographs of appellant’s Facebook friends, who had “gang-related profile pictures with the red bandana, red flannel, monikers, gestures.” One Facebook friend’s gang moniker, for example, was “Speedy Loko Gangsta”; another was “signaling with the 1 and the 4 with the red bandana”; and another had blue bandanas and was making hand gestures. Contreras observed that there were both Sureños and Norteños on appellant’s friend list. Based on the photographs from appellant’s cell phone and Facebook account, Contreras believed that appellant had friends that associated with both the Norteño and Sureño gangs. She believed that appellant’s current peer group included a known gang member, Jaime R. and his girlfriend, C.S. Contreras was concerned that this evidence

3 Contreras described appellant’s hand gesture in one of the photographs as looking like she was making a three, but it also looked like a “W,” which did not have gang significance.

4 showed that appellant “could be tippy-toeing in a world that is very dangerous and very scary.” Contreras had also seen photographs of and comments about gangs on appellant’s phone, which concerned her.

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