E.A.B. v. State

DANAHY, PAUL W., Senior Judge.

We review the order of the trial court which found E.A.B. guilty of, and withheld adjudication for, the delinquent acts of improper exhibition of a dangerous weapon and culpable negligence with actual injury. We reverse the order because the State failed to rebut E.A.B.’s prima facie case of self-defense and, accordingly, failed to carry its burden to prove the delinquent offenses beyond a reasonable doubt.

The record of the adjudicatory hearing shows that, on November 15, 2003, the following chronology of events occurred.

Several teens, including E.A.B. and her…