In re Jesse Z.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Franklin County (Main Jr., J.), entered September 21, 2012, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 3, to adjudicate respondent a juvenile delinquent.

Petitioner commenced this juvenile delinquency proceeding against respondent (born in 1996) based upon allegations that he lured the victim — a 14-year-old female classmate — to a back stairway in their school, where he put his arm around the victim’s neck and caused her to lose consciousness. Following a fact-finding hearing, Family Court found that…