IN RE J.A.L.

No. 04-1163.

694 N.W.2d 748 (2005)

In the Interest of J.A.L., Minor Child, J.A.L., Minor Child, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis Puetz of Puetz Law Office, P.C., Sioux Center, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General, and Coleman J. McCallister, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


WIGGINS, Justice.

The juvenile court adjudicated J.A.L., a minor, a delinquent child after the court concluded J.A.L. falsely reported the placement of an explosive device in violation of Iowa Code section 712.7 (2003). At the hearing, the juvenile court admitted J.A.L.'s journal entries as character evidence. J.A.L. appeals the juvenile court's decision arguing his journal entries were not admissible, and the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that J...

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