People in Interest of S.A.R.

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

S.A.R., III, a juvenile, appeals the judgment adjudicating him to be a delinquent entered on a jury verdict finding him to have committed acts that would constitute felony menacing and second degree assault and determining him to be a violent juvenile offender. We affirm.

During the juvenile’s trial and the sentencing hearing no parent, guardian, or legal custodian was present, although he was represented by counsel. The juvenile waived his right to testify during the trial.

On appeal, the juvenile contends that the absence of a parent or guardian at his trial requires…