In the Interest of J.A.L.

WIGGINS, Justice.

The juvenile court adjudicated J.A.L., a minor, a delinquent child after the court concluded J.A.L. falsely reported the placement of an explosive device in violation of Iowa Code section 712.7 (2003). At the hearing, the juvenile court admitted J.A.L.’s journal entries as character evidence. J.A.L. appeals the juvenile court’s decision arguing his journal entries were not admissible, and the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that J.A.L. violated section 712.7. Although we agree with J.A.L. that the journal entries were inadmissible as character or other-acts…