D.Y. v. State of Indiana

PYLE, Judge.

Statement of the Case

[1] Defendant/Appellant, D.Y., appeals his adjudication as a delinquent child, which was based on the juvenile court’s true finding that he had committed dan gerous possession of a firearm 1 and carrying a handgun without a licensfe. 2 D.Y. was a potential suspect in a burglary, and a police officer told him that he was going to transport him to police headquarters for the .burglary investigation. Prior to putting D.Y. into the police vehicle, the officer patted him down and discovered a firearm in D.Y.’s jacket. Subsequently, the State filed a petition…