People v. Shaun R.

188 Cal. App. 4th 1129, 116 Cal. Rptr. 3d 84, 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 1690
CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedSeptember 29, 2010
DocketH035112
StatusPublished
Cited by180 cases

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People v. Shaun R., 188 Cal. App. 4th 1129, 116 Cal. Rptr. 3d 84, 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 1690 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010).

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Opinion

McADAMS, J.

In the published portion of this opinion, we explore the effect of the phrases “all previous Orders of the Court not inconsistent with today’s Orders remain in full force and effect,” “[a]ll prior orders not in conflict remain in effect,” and “[a]ll prior orders not in conflict with today’s orders to remain in full force and effect” in a juvenile court disposition order on the question of the appealability of a previous juvenile court order. We conclude that such language does not revive a previous order that has become final and is nonappealable. It does not turn an otherwise nonappealable order into an appealable order.

Appellant Shaun R., a minor, challenges the imposition of several conditions of probation, five of which are gang related, in two Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 proceedings. After a contested jurisdictional hearing, the court sustained the allegations of the prosecution’s fourth petition [1134]*1134involving the minor and found that the minor had committed the following offenses; attempted auto burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 459, 460, subd. (b), a felony);1 misdemeanor vandalism (§ 594, subds. (a), (b)(1)); and misdemeanor exhibiting a deadly weapon (§ 417, subd. (a)(1)).

At a disposition hearing in 2009, the court ordered the minor to remain in custody at juvenile hall, pending an opening at a designated group home, and imposed numerous conditions of probation, including conditions that prohibit the use of drugs or alcohol, association with gang members, and other gang-related activity.

On appeal, the minor challenges the 2009 disposition order and disposition orders issued in 2008 in another case. He contends that certain conditions of his probation are vague and overbroad because they (1) fail to give fair notice of their inconsistencies with probation conditions imposed in previous orders of probation; (2) do not contain a knowledge requirement; (3) do not define the terms “gang” and “gang-related”; (4) infringe on his right of free expression; and (5) are otherwise overbroad or vague. The Attorney General agrees that some of the conditions in the 2009 order must be modified. However, he argues that some of the conditions that the minor has placed at issue, which were imposed as part of the 2008 disposition orders in a previous case, are not properly before this court. We conclude that we do not have jurisdiction to address the minor’s arguments regarding the probation conditions imposed in 2008. With regard to the 2009 disposition order, we modify a number of the probation conditions, and, as so modified, affirm the judgment.

Factual and Procedural History

Prior Offenses and Petitions

Since the age of 10, the minor has appeared before the juvenile court on a variety of charges, most of which were handled informally.

In June 2008, at age 15, the minor was declared a ward of the court and placed on probation after admitting allegations in his third Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition (case No. 302JV25631C; hereafter Petition C), which charged the minor with carrying a concealed dirk or dagger (§ 12020, subd. (a)(4), a felony), resisting arrest (§ 148, subd. (a)(1), a misdemeanor), and exhibiting a deadly weapon (§ 417, subd. (a)(1), also a misdemeanor). When the minor was arrested on the charges in Petition C, he was under the influence of alcohol, was wearing gang clothing, had gang [1135]*1135references on his cell phone, had two tattoos, and told the officers he had been “norte” for two years.

At the disposition hearing in 2008, the court returned the minor to the custody of his mother on probation under the supervision of the probation officer and imposed several conditions of probation. The probation conditions are documented in two written orders in which the court ordered that the minor (1) not possess or use drugs or alcohol (Condition 15/21);2 (2) not associate with probationers, parolees, or gang members (Condition 18/24); (3) not frequent areas of gang activity or participate in gang activity (Condition 19/25); (4) not possess, wear, or display gang clothing or gang paraphernalia (Condition 20/26); (5) not obtain any new gang-related tattoos (Condition 21/27); and (6) not use or possess dangerous or deadly weapons (Condition 22/28). We shall hereafter refer to the disposition orders on Petition C as the “2008 Orders.” Although the minor did not appeal the 2008 Orders, he challenges some of the probation conditions imposed at that time in the instant appeal.

Current Case

In the current case, the minor’s fourth Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition (case No. 302JV25631D; hereafter Petition D), the prosecution charged the minor with attempted auto burglary (§§ 664, 459, 460, subd. (b), a felony), vandalism of $400 or more (§ 594, subds. (a), (b)(1), a misdemeanor), and exhibiting a deadly weapon (§ 417, subd. (a)(1), a misdemeanor) arising from an incident on July 13, 2009. The minor was 16 years old at the time of the offenses. One of the victims saw the minor walking around the victims’ car with a metal object similar to a “slim jim.” The victims then heard the sound of breaking glass. A few minutes later, when one of the victims confronted the minor and his cohorts in the parking lot, the minor threatened him with a hammer. The victims discovered that the side view mirrors on their car were broken.

After a contested jurisdictional hearing, the court found the allegations of the petition true beyond a reasonable doubt.

[1136]*1136The minor subsequently told his probation officer that he had been affiliated with the Norteno gang for seven years and that he “jumped in” at age nine. By July 2009, the minor had acquired additional tattoos: (1) a single dot on the index finger of his right hand and four dots on the fingers of his left hand, signifying the number 14, which is associated with the Norteno gang, and (2) a “ ‘Northern Star’ ” on the right side of his neck. He admitted to his probation officer that he violated probation by wearing gang clothing, associating with gang members, violating curfew, drinking alcohol, and smoking marijuana.

At the disposition hearing in November 2009, the court ordered the minor to remain under the custody of the probation officer and reside in a group home until January 2010, at which time a family reunification plan would be reassessed.

The court imposed several conditions of probation, six of which are at issue on appeal. The court ordered that the minor (1) “not use, possess, or be under the influence of alcohol or any form of controlled or illegal substance without the legal right to do so and submit to drug and substance abuse testing as directed by the Probation Officer” (Condition 8); (2) “not knowingly associate with any person whom he knows, to be a probationer, parolee, or gang member” (Condition 14); (3) “not knowingly participate in any gang activity and/or visit any areas of gang-related activity that are known to him unless he has prior permission from his Probation Officer” (Condition 15); (4) “not knowingly possess, display or wear any insignia, clothing, logos, emblems, badges, or buttons or display any gang signs or gestures which he knows to be gang-related” (Condition 16); (5) “not obtain any new tattoos that he knows to be gang-related” (Condition 17); and (6) “not knowingly post, display, or transmit any symbols or information that the minor knows to be gang-related” (Condition 18).

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