In re M.D.
Annotate this CaseA petition was filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 alleging that the 16-year-old minor had committed a misdemeanor violation of Penal Code section 653.22, loitering with intent to commit prostitution. The minor moved to exclude evidence on the ground that she was a victim of human trafficking. The minor called as witnesses, Investigator Robison of the Concord Police Department Special Victims Unit and Sergeant Price of the Concord Police Department Special Enforcement Team. The court found there was insufficient evidence that the minor was a victim of human trafficking and denied the motion. At the contested jurisdictional hearing, Officers Robison and Price repeated their prior testimony regarding the events and circumstances they observed leading to the minor’s arrest. The court found the allegation that the minor loitered with intent to commit prostitution to be true, declared the minor a ward of the juvenile court, placed her on probation, and ordered her to reside in her father’s home. Among other probation conditions, the court ordered her to attend school regularly and “use [her] best efforts in doing well.” The appeals court affirmed, rejecting claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and that the conditions of probation were unconstitutionally vague.
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