In re Interest of D.S.

Fifteen-year-old D.S. was accused of harassing a peer during an after-school confrontation. The State filed a petition alleging that D.S. had committed a delinquent act, specifically harassment in the third degree. After an adjudicatory hearing, the juvenile court concluded that the State had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that D.S. committed harassment in the third degree by means of intimidation. The court then adjudicated D.S. to have committed a delinquent act. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that there was insufficient evidence in the record to support the finding that D.S. committed harassment, and therefore, the juvenile court erred when it adjudicated D.S. delinquent under the harassment statute. Remanded for an order dismissing the petition. View "In re Interest of D.S." on Justia Law