James R. Ansley for Respondent-appellant. Respondent was charged on 31 December 1997 in a juvenile petition with violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. At the timeof the offense, respondent was nine years of age and the victim was three. The petition alleged that by virtue of this crime, respondent was a delinquent child as defined by N.C. Gen. Stat. No record was made of the proceedings, but the summary of evidence as provided in the record indicates that the victim's mother, a neighbor, and a Cary police officer testified for the State.
Quotes are from the evidence as summarized and agreed to by the parties.
The victim's mother testified she called a friend, B., to discuss what her son had told her. B. was a neighbor of respondent who had ongoing problems with respondent's family. B. then confronted respondent and respondent's father. Respondent's father contacted the Cary Police Department. Respondent presented evidence.