State v. Arenas

A petition was filed in the juvenile department of the circuit court charging that Antonio Arenas, age 16, was within the jurisdiction of the court because he violated the law by committing an assault with a dangerous weapon. A hearing was held by the juvenile court and the court found Arenas did commit the act charged, and he was committed to MacLaren School for Boys.

*217Tlie child has appealed, contending, first, that the juvenile court erred in finding merely “by a preponderance of the evidence” that the child committed the act charged. The child’s position is that before the juvenile court…