J.V. v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-respondent J.V. appeals the juvenile court's finding that he was a delinquent child for committing Child Molesting,1 a class C felony, had that crime been committed as an adult. Specifically, J.V. claims that certain hearsay evidence and a videotaped statement of the victim were improperly admitted into evidence. He also asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the delinquency determination.

FACTS

On February 26, 2001, Shawna Seott took her seven-year-old son, A.S., to a neighbor's house so she could take her other child to the doctor. J.V. was the…