In Re Jones

Judge Edmunds

concurring in the result.

I concur with the majority holding that the four juvenile petitions that fail to allege the age of either the juvenile or the victim are fatally flawed. As to the fifth petition, I concur in the result, but on different *410grounds. I believe the State should not have been allowed to amend the petition on the day of trial.

The petition in question originally charged that “the juvenile did unlawfully and willfully and feloniously [] ravish and carnally know [the victim], by force and against the persons [sic] will. The offense charged here is in violation of…