In the Matter of I.R.

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

I.R. was adjudicated delinquent for committing an assault and was placed on probation until his eighteenth birthday. In his sole issue on appeal, he asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective. We reverse and remand.

Factual and Procedural Background

The State’s first witness at the adjudication hearing was the fifteen-year-old complainant, Jessie Braun. He testified that on August 4, 2002, he and his older sister were walking down an El Paso street when I.R. and another boy rode up behind them on bikes and began throwing rocks. One of the rocks hit Jessie on the…