In re J.C.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4027

Syllabus

DELINQUENCY – COMPLICITY TO ROBBERY – EVIDENCE: The juvenile court's decision adjudicating the juvenile defendant delinquent for complicity to robbery was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the testimony by the state's witnesses showed that the juvenile was not an innocent bystander at the scene but contributed to the unlawful act and shared the criminal intent of his partners: the evidence demonstrated that the juvenile, who was a member of a large group of male juveniles with concealed identities, decided to leave the group, along with a second juvenile, to follow a third juvenile across the street to confront the victim, a stranger, while the third juvenile was repeatedly threatening to kill the victim with what appeared to be a real gun then the three veiled assailants stood together as the third juvenile held a gun in the victim's face and the second juvenile verbally threatened to go through the victim's pockets and, finally, the juvenile fled when the police arrived.