Roberts v. State

John E. Jennings, Judge.

Anthony Roberts was a seventh-grade student at Poplar Street Middle School. In vocal music class his teacher, Ms. Cortney Meador, examined his notebook and found a page entitled “Hit List (To Shoot List).” Under the caption were nineteen names of fellow students.

The State subsequently filed a petition in Pulaski County Circuit Court seeking to have appellant adjudged delinquent on the grounds that he had committed the offense of terroristic threatening in the first degree in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-301 (Repl. 1997), a class D felony. After a hearing the…