Legal Opinion
In the Interest of J. M. A., a Child
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 7, 2017No. A16A1481PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Presiding Judge.
J. M. A. appeals from the juvenile court’s judgment adjudicating him delinquent for violating the conditions of his probation. J. M. A. contends that the juvenile court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the State’s delinquency petition for lack of jurisdiction, and he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the court’s adjudication of delinquency. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
In reviewing a delinquency adjudication, we construe the record in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s ruling. In the Interest of J. W., 309 Ga. App.…
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