In re J.A.B.

Rulon, C.J.:

Respondent J.A.B. appeals the judgment adjudicating him guilty of aggravated battery and simple assault. The respondent challenges the constitutionality of the aggravated battery statute and argues that the record provides insufficient evidence to support an adjudication of aggravated batteiy. We affirm.

Late afternoon, on April 17, 2002, C.P., the victim, was walking to a friend’s house along with her friend, L.C., and L.C.’s younger brother, W.W. As the group passed the home of D.M., a boy in the victim’s class, the respondent ran around the house from the backyard carrying a…