Opinion
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. J06-01300
Rivera, J.
Alexander N. appeals an order of commitment entered by the juvenile court. His counsel has filed an opening brief raising no issues and asking this court for an independent review of the record to determine whether there are any arguable issues. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Alexander has been apprised of his right to file a supplemental brief, but he has not done so.
A supplemental petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 was filed on May 30, 2007, alleging that Alexander had committed second degree commercial burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459 & 460, subd. (b)) and battery on a school employee (§ 243.6). At the time, he was on probation after the juvenile court sustained allegations in an earlier petition that he had possessed marijuana on school grounds (Health & Saf. Code, § 11357, subd. (e)) and committed battery (§§ 242 & 243, subd. (a)) and vandalism (§ 594, subd. (b)(2)).
All undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
On February 20, 2007, the juvenile court sustained an allegation that he had violated his probation.
The juvenile court dismissed the supplemental petition’s battery allegation on July 2, 2007. The petition was amended, Alexander pled no contest to misdemeanor petty theft after being advised of his rights (§§ 484 & 488), and the juvenile court dismissed the remaining allegation.
According to a report prepared for the disposition hearing, Alexander and another person entered a middle school boys’ locker room during school hours on May 3, 2007, and rummaged through lockers. A teacher saw Alexander in front of an open locker with his hands inside a backpack.
The Contra Costa County Probation Department filed a notice of probation violation, alleging that Alexander violated his curfew on July 16, 2007, and was suspended from school on September 18, 2007. According to the probation officer’s report, Alexander left his mother’s home in the middle of the night on July 16, 2007, to meet with friends. He was pulled over by a California Highway Patrol officer for speeding, and was found to be driving without a license and on a suspended driving privilege. On September 18, 2007, he was suspended from high school after he entered a classroom and began talking with a friend. When the teacher told him to leave, he left the room, but continued his conversation through a window. The teacher tried to call the principal, but Alexander repeatedly disconnected the call, and he pushed a stack of books at the teacher. Alexander admitted the probation violations on October 10, 2007.
A second supplemental petition was filed on October 24, 2007, alleging that Alexander had driven with suspended or revoked license privileges on July 16, 2007, (Veh. Code, § 14601.1) and that on the same date he had driven without a valid license (Veh. Code, § 12500, subd. (a)). On October 26, 2007, after being advised of his rights, he admitted he had driven without a valid license. The juvenile court dismissed the other Vehicle Code allegation.
The court then adjudged and continued Alexander as a ward of the court, continued him on probation, ordered him placed in a court-approved home or institution, and suspended his driving privileges for one year. (Veh. Code, § 13202.6.) The maximum period of confinement was set at one year, six months.
Alexander was represented by counsel throughout the proceedings. We see no error or abuse of discretion in the juvenile court’s rulings. There are no meritorious issues to be argued.
DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.
We concur: Reardon, Acting P. J., Sepulveda, J.