M. V. H. was adjudicated delinquent after the juvenile court found he had committed an act which, had he been an adult, would have supported a conviction for aggravated assault,1 a designated felony.2 Following the denial of his motion for new trial, M. V. H. appeals, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction for aggravated assault and that the trial court erred in admitting irrelevant evidence. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. 1. “In considering a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting an adjudication of delinquency, we construe the evidence and every inference from the evidence in favor of the juvenile court’s adjudication to determine if a reasonable finder of fact could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the juvenile committed the acts charged.” Punctuation omitted. In the Interest of T. T. 3 See generally Jackson v. Virginia .4 “The standard of review on appeal in a case of adjudication of delinquency of a juvenile is the same as that for any criminal case.” In the Interest of T. T. , supra, 236 Ga. App. at 46 1. We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility. In the Interest of T. N. 5
So viewed, the record in this case shows that one afternoon following the end of the school day, 13-year-old M. V. H. was riding the school bus home with numerous other students, including 11-year-old M. M. Shortly after the bus ride began, several students started throwing crumpled paper at each other, some of which eventually struck M. V. H. Believing that M. M. had thrown the paper that struck him, M. V. H. responded by putting ink on M. M.’s shirt. M. M. retaliated in the same manner. As the bus reached M. M.’s stop, he began walking up the aisle toward the exit when he heard M. V. H. say “get off the bus” and saw him break a blue pencil he was holding. M. V. H. then proceeded to follow M. M. up the aisle and started pushing him from behind. M. M. turned around to confront M. V. H., at which point M. V. H. began striking M. M. on the head and face with his closed fist while still holding the broken pencil. As a result, M. M. suffered cuts to his face and neck.
