In the Interest of C.L.B. v. Juvenile Officer

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

C.L.B. was on probation, and under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, at the time he was alleged to have committed a robbery. The Juvenile Officer filed a motion to modify, asking the court to find not just that C.L.B. had violated his probation by committing the crime, but to adjudicate C.L.B.’s guilt of the crime. Accordingly, a trial was held, and the juvenile court found C.L.B. guilty of the lesser included offense of stealing from a person. Because C.L.B. was already under the court’s supervision, the court applied a “clear and convincing evidence” standard…