In re McGee

Appellant, a fourteen-year-old girl, was adjudicated delinquent on a petition charging her with simple assault. She appeals, contending that the hearing judge erred in ruling that all the elements of simple assault were proven. We disagree and affirm.

A female employee of the Anderson Youth Treatment Center was standing four to six feet from appellant and appellant’s juvenile accomplice when the accomplice raised a baseball bat and threatened to hit the employee if she did not “hush.” Appellant then “dared” her accomplice to strike the employee. The employee feared harm from the juveniles,…