In the Interest of D. D.

Dillard, Judge.

D. D. was adjudicated delinquent in Rockdale County Juvenile Court for committing sexual battery against a classmate at his middle school. He appeals his adjudication, claiming that the evidence of sexual battery was insufficient and that the juvenile court improperly engaged in ex parte communications with a State witness. For the reasons noted infra, we affirm the juvenile court’s delinquency adjudication on condition and remand this case with direction.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s adjudication,1 the record shows that D. D. and the…