State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Knaak

A juvenile in this case engaged in an informal wrestling match with an acquaintance while attending an Oregon City-West Linn high school football game. In the course of that encounter the juvenile’s acquaintance received a minor stab wound in his arm. At best, the evidence adduced at the hearing suggested that the injury occurred when the juvenile grabbed the victim from behind and, while “playing around, or wrestling around,” as they had on previous occasions, the acquaintance was impaled by a sharp object contained in one of the juvenile’s pockets. The trial court found that the juvenile…