C.C. v. State

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

C.C. appeals the juvenile court's true finding of dangerous possession of a firearm, a class A misdemeanor if committed by an adult. We affirm.

Issue

Did the trial court commit fundamental error by accepting jurisdiction in this case?

Facts and Procedural History

On the evening of July 13, 2008, brothers Brian and Michael Murdine left their house in their mother's van. They picked *557up Ashley Baker and C.C. All four occupants of the van were juveniles. When C.C., age seventeen, got into the van, he was carrying a shotgun covered with a towel. He placed it on the…