In Re J.P., Unpublished Decision (7-03-2003)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by J.P. from an order of Juvenile Court Judge Janet A. Burney that adjudicated him delinquent on the charge that he engaged in conduct which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the offense of felonious assault. He claims that the judge's findings were against the manifest weight of the evidence, that she impermissibly allowed the introduction of hearsay and "prior bad acts" evidence, and that it was error to refuse to find that he committed an assault in defense of another or as a result of the provocation of the victim. We…