N.J.B. v. State

BERREY, Judge.

The appeal before us follows a judgment in the Family Court (court) ruling that appellant, a male minor, purposely subjected S.S.W., a female minor, to unwanted physical contact which would constitute sexual contact except that the touching occurred through her clothing, a class A misdemeanor in violation of § 566.090, RSMo 1994. Appellant, who has a history of behavioral problems, was within the jurisdiction of the court and had been under detention when the events leading up to this appeal took place. On February 28, 1996, the court discharged appellant from the jurisdiction…