J.A.P. v. State

SHAW, Judge.

A delinquency petition was filed in the Juvenile Court of Jefferson County, charging the appellant, J.A.P., a 14-year-old male, with the attempted first-degree rape of his 9-year-old half sister, L.P. The charge was based on allegations that the appellant, in violation of § 13A-4-2, Ala. Code 1975, had attempted to commit the offense of first-degree rape, as that offense is defined in § 13A-6-61(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975. After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the juvenile court found the charge in the petition to be true, and adjudicated the appellant delinquent. We affirm.

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