Jennings v. State

Appellant, Navis Jennings, Jr., a thirteen-year-old male, was adjudicated a delinquent on the basis of two delinquency petitions alleging that he committed the criminal act of assault with intent to ravish. He was committed to the Department of Youth Services. He appeals this adjudication, alleging that the trial court erred in refusing to apply the common-law rebuttable presumption that a child between the ages of seven and fourteen is incapable of forming the intent to commit a crime. Because we agree with the trial court that the presumption is not applicable to juvenile proceedings, we…