State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Dompeling

The majority concludes on de novo review that youth committed an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of menacing. Because I conclude that youth’s speech, although troubling, cannot reasonably be construed as threatening and that, even if threatening, the potential harm to which her speech alluded was not imminent, I would reverse the juvenile court’s assumption of jurisdiction. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

As a preliminary matter, I take issue with the majority’s statement of facts. The majority accepts at face value *697mother’s conclusory statement that youth…