In the Interest of I. B.
In the Interest of I. B.
Opinion of the Court
I. B. was adjudicated delinquent after the juvenile court found he had committed an act that, had he been an adult, would have supported a conviction for aggravated assault.
In considering a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting an adjudication of delinquency, we construe the evidence and every inference from the evidence in favor of the juvenile court’s adjudication to determine if a reasonable finder of fact could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the juvenile committed the acts charged.2
The standard of review on appeal in a case of adjudication of delinquency is the same as that for any criminal case,
So viewed, the evidence shows that I. B. stabbed and slashed at one of his classmates with an ink pen. I. B. admitted to fighting with
Judgment affirmed.
OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2).
(Punctuation omitted.) In the Interest of T. T., 236 Ga. App. 46 (1) (510 SE2d 901) (1999).
In the Interest of T. N., 254 Ga. App. 330, 331 (562 SE2d 374) (2002).
See In the Interest of A. Z., 301 Ga. App. 524, 531 (2) (b) (687 SE2d 887) (2009).
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