R.A. v. State

OPINION

DARDEN, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

R.A. appeals the juvenile court's order that he be committed to the Indiana Department of Correction (the "DOC").

We reverse and remand.

ISSUE

Whether the juvenile court abused its discretion by committing R.A. to the DOG.

FACTS

On or about October 1, 2009, then-sixteen-year-old R.A. exposed his genitals to a classmate. On February 8, 2010, the State filed a petition, alleging R.A. to be a delinquent child for committing an act that would constitute public indecency, a class A misdemeanor, if committed by an adult. The juvenile court held an admission…