In re S.J.

{¶ 1} On the afternoon of June 30, 2002, a minor, S.J., physically fought with another minor outside S.J.’s home. Witnesses later testified to seeing S.J. with a knife during this altercation.

{¶ 2} Soon after the fight, the other minor collapsed. Emergency rescue workers transported her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was a stab wound under the left breast.

{¶ 3} The state filed a complaint in the Juvenile Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, alleging that S.J. was a delinquent child because she purposefully caused…