J. Y. v. State

Appellant, a 17-year-old child, was charged, in a petition for delinquency, with assault with intent to commit murder. He was tried in the juvenile court, adjudicated delinquent and sentenced to probation with the condition that he complete the Boys Town program.

This case stems from an incident which occurred when the victim who had been drinking beer with friends, placed two beer cans on the top of the appellant’s mother’s car as a joke in order to annoy her. The appellant arrived home, saw the cans, and an altercation ensued, resulting in fist-fighting and kicking. The fighting stopped and…