State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. K. C. W. R.

Youth appeals a judgment of the juvenile court finding him to be within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction for committing acts that, if committed by an adult, would constitute third-degree assault pursuant to ORS lGS.lGSUXe).1 We write only to address a portion of youth’s first assignment of error: that the juvenile court erred in finding youth to be within its jurisdiction for third-degree assault, because the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that youth caused physical injury to the victim — or that, if he did so, he was aided by another person actually present.2 We affirm.

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