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C. C., who was 16 at the time of this delinquency proceeding in juvenile court, appeals from the adjudication of delinquency on charges of stalking and possession of marijuana. He claims the evidence was insufficient to support the adjudication on both charges and also claims that the State did not prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt. After reviewing the record, we conclude there was insufficient evidence to support the juvenile court’s finding on both counts. Accordingly, the adjudication of delinquency is reversed on both charges.1 “When reviewing the sufficiency of evidence supporting a juvenile court’s adjudication, we apply the same standard of review used in criminal cases. See In the Interest of J. A. F., 262 Ga. App. 722, 723-724 2 586 SE2d 381 2003. We construe the evidence in favor of the court’s adjudication and determine if a rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that the juvenile committed the acts charged.” In the Interest of P. M. H. , 277 Ga. App. 643, 644 627 SE2d 211 2006.

So viewed, the evidence was that C. C. was a passenger in a truck that pulled into the driveway of Officer Harris’s home. Harris was a deputy in the Jones County Sheriff’s Office and had previously been involved with C. C. after an altercation between C. C., his girlfriend, and his girlfriend’s father. In that instance, Harris had to forcibly restrain C. C. while another officer handcuffed him. Harris’s wife testified that on the evening in question, she heard a vehicle come down their horseshoe driveway and stop in front of the house. She said that no one ever got out of the vehicle, it just idled there for a minute or a minute and a half. She stated, “I didn’t get scared, but I got concerned when nobody came to the door.”

 
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