In the Interests of R.L.G.

[¶ 1.] R.L.G. appeals his adjudication as a delinquent child for engaging in conduct that constituted the offense of simple assault under SDCL 22-18-1(4). We reverse.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] R.L.G.' was a fifteen-year-old male high school student in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. R.L.G. was six-foot-five inches tall and weighed over two-hundred pounds at the time of this incident.

[¶ 3.] On November 5, 2004, R.L.G. disrupted a presentation during biology class by crunching snack food and making noise with the wrapper. The female biology teacher, Michele Jensen, requested that he stop disrupting class. R.L.G.…