In Re Jc

695 S.E.2d 168 (2010)

In the Matter of J.C.

No. COA10-31.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 6, 2010.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Jane L. Oliver, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Mary McCullers Reece, Smithfield, for juvenile-appellant.

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

On 18 March 2009, a juvenile petition was filed alleging that J.C. was delinquent in that he possessed a weapon on school property in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-269.2(d). In the petition, the weapon was described as a "steel link from chain." The juvenile moved to dismiss the proceeding on the grounds that the petition was…