In Re: The Matter of C.L., a Delinquent v. State of Indiana

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-respondent C.L. challenges the juvenile court's finding that he committed Intimidation,1 a class A misdemeanor, if committed by an adult when he allegedly threatened the viectim-his grandfather-about the use of certain loan proceeds once they were obtained. C.L. contends that the delinquency finding must be set aside because his threats did not satisfy the intimidation statute inasmuch as the threats did not place his grandfather in fear of retaliation for a prior lawful act.

We conclude that C.L. should not have been adjudicated a delinquent child for…