Opinion
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
Lake County Super. Ct. No. JV310514
Reardon, J.
An amended 602 petition was filed alleging that appellant Clayton O. committed battery with serious bodily injury (count 1 - Pen. Code, § 243, subd. (d)); robbery (count 2 - § 211); and assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (count 3 - § 245, subd. (a)(1)). At the conclusion of the jurisdictional hearing, the court sustained the allegations in counts 1 and 3, and dismissed count 2. At the dispositional hearing, appellant was continued as a ward of the juvenile court and placed in the home of his father.
Further section references are to the Penal Code.
The evidence adduced at the jurisdictional hearing established that appellant and three other minors viciously attacked victim James Crocker as he was walking to his home in the neighborhood. The group assault, which was unprovoked, was administered by punching and kicking the victim. The victim was rendered unconscious. As a result of the assault, the victim received a fractured cheekbone, two black eyes, and a fractured nose. A tooth was knocked out and one tooth broken. There was bleeding from his ear. After the beating, he realized he was missing approximately $7, a lighter, and some cigarettes from his pockets.
Counsel for appellant has filed an opening brief raising no issues and asking this court for an independent review of the record pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. We have conducted the requested review and conclude that there are no arguable issues.
Appellant was represented throughout the proceedings by counsel. The evidence is sufficient to support the juvenile court’s findings. There was no abuse of discretion in continuing appellant as a ward of the court.
Judgment affirmed.
We concur: Ruvolo, P.J., Sepulveda, J.