Commonwealth v. C.J.

Opinion of the Court by

Justice JOHNSTONE.

In January 2001, C.J., a student at Shawnee High School in Louisville, pulled a “butterfly knife” on another student during a verbal altercation. After being Mir-andized, C.J. gave a statement admitting to having the knife on school property. When C.J. voiced an intention to kill himself, he was admitted to Norton-Kosair *297Hospital where he remained for eight days. C.J. thereafter resumed attendance at Shawnee High School.

C.J. was subsequently charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school property and second-degree wanton endangerment. At his…