In re Edward B.

Edward, then age 14, grabbed a handbag from a 66-year-old woman and was apprehended by a police officer who saw him with the bag. A wardship petition alleged misdemeanor grand theft from the person (Pen. Code, 487(c)). Edward admitted the allegation. Edward was adjudged a ward of the court, placed on probation, and ordered to complete a six-month residential program at a youth rehabilitation facility, followed by a 90-day conditional release/parole period. The juvenile court probation conditions, including: “The minor shall not knowingly associate with anyone known to the minor to be a gang member or associated with a gang, or anyone who the [probation officer] informs the minor to be, a gang member or associated with a gang” and “[T]he minor is not to be on a school campus unless he’s enrolled.” The court of appeal struck the gang condition, upheld the campus condition, and remanded for specification of the maximum term of confinement and calculation of credit for time served. Without evidence of gang affiliation or association with gang members or risk of gang involvement on Edward’s part, the gang condition was not tailored to his future criminality, but the campus condition was not impermissibly vague. View "In re Edward B." on Justia Law