In the Interest of N. L. G.

The juvenile was one of a large group of boys who chased the 12-year-old victim, knocked him down, kicked him, beat him with bricks and stabbed him several times.

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N. L. G. was adjudicated delinquent for being a party to the crime of aggravated assault with intent to murder, participating in gang activity, and providing false information to an officer. On appeal, N. L. G. contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the findings. “In considering an appeal from an adjudication of delinquency, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution to 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 D. S., 239 Ga. App. 608 521 SE2d 661 1999. The evidence is considered under the standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979, with all reasonable inferences construed in favor of the juvenile court’s findings. In the Interest of J. D., 243 Ga. App. 644 534 SE2d 112 2000.” In the Interest of R. W., 257 Ga. App. 488 571 SE2d 485 2002.

Viewed in this light, the evidence shows that on the evening of March 11, 2003 a group of young people and more than a few members of a local gang, including 16-year-old co-defendant K. R., were gathered at the home of Earnestine and Shandora Cheeks in Albany for a party. Appellant N. L. G. age 16 and co-defendants B. J. and J. H. were at the party. K. R., an admitted gang member, and other members of the gang discussed leaving the party and going to the “west side” to take revenge on another gang for something that had happened to K. R. over three months earlier. A short time later, a group of perhaps 50 boys assembled, then split into smaller groups and headed across town. The boys were carrying bricks, sticks and bats.

In the Interest of N. L. G.

The juvenile was one of a large group of boys who chased the 12-year-old victim, knocked him down, kicked him, beat him with bricks and stabbed him several times.

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