WPC  g-9֒-:.vr{M<Ơ ;3*/ G\g^J-s{މ\€Yޛ+gZ58AApcɏٔ)ɳ5/fCf L  gܦ?w^M05Jѵrg/->>;b< ёrLR!<媅|, r[>%'jeN6<([Kq7Ӹb5"wftMڣ9c`'O(3hE yb>qv>6XT VüdeyY7DwʋXW0\v*]lDN혒kaoQ{Fb.viF}kMqYJ3tU RM۵몭 ]njc@T-_ڥbx/{T`센@Rnꮯ*UNL % 04#  pO^ UNw@?4 mb  0NU: ^ b< < < < < < < < < < < AQD  0D[ 0D 0D D/' BV Bs D3 ("  Z6Times New Roman Regular( U$  HP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLlc:\COREL\SUITE8\TEMPLATE\CUSTOM~1\CUSTOM~1\ORDER.WPTc:\Corel\Suite8\Template\Custom WP Templates\Custom WP Templates\Order.wpt'c(9 Z6Times New Roman Regular +D,D-.D/0D123Ӏ=y& PU- -(`G2$ U!         0  X;X 3|x= ""  M M   Ad FILEDXH3 X   August20,1999CecilCrowson,Jr.AppellateCourtClerkdAh ,@AZ"Arial Regular TTR[A' Legal[A' Legal A' Legal A' LegalT- -!"#$&C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  (3$ !  ($$   1  ((' dxd dP Pd'''''dxd U!   _XTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T 7dXXd7  $ =3r )<,(j 8` `@E ` 8ttxPX  r3==t )>.*jx[` `@E7` 8ttxPMo t=@ DINTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @)DATNASHVILLE  Dh D$ `     h     ) `     h     )0 p WilliamsonCircuit p%p% INTHEMATTEROF:0 h 0h%h%0%%)0p%%No.II152698 (p%p%  `     h     )WAYNEH.,0  0h%%0h%h%0%%)0p%%AppealNo.0T p%p% achildundertheageof18years.0  )0p%%01A019807CV00383Fj p%p%  `     h     ) `     h     ) 7Jdd7.@tt&D$D CONCURRINGOPINION #D$u#ӈ    ` IconcurwiththecourtsconclusionthattheevidenceissufficienttosupportthetrialcourtsadjudicationthatWayneH.committedadelinquentactbeyondareasonabledoubt.However,Ihavepreparedthisseparateopiniontoaddressthestandardofreviewapplicabletoappealsfromadjudicationsofdelinquency.Inmyview,theseappealsaregovernedbyTenn.R.App.P.13(d). ` Theconceptsof burdenofproofand standardofreviewarequitedifferent.Theconceptof burdenofproofidentifiesthepartywhomustprovetheaffirmativeofanissueandtherequireddegreeofproof.Ontheotherhand,theconceptof standardofreviewreferstothestrictnessorintensitywithwhichanappellatecourtwillevaluateatrialcourtsactions.Thus, burdenofproofrelatestotheobligationoftheparties,while standardofreviewrelatestotheobligationoftheappellatecourts. ` TheburdenofproofindelinquencycasesisspelledoutinTenn.CodeAnn.371129(b)(Supp.1998).Thisstatuterequiresapersonwhofilesapetitionallegingthatachildisdelinquenttoprovebeyondareasonabledoubtthatthechild committedtheactsbyreasonofwhichthechildisallegedtobedelinquent.Thus,thepersonfilingthepetitionhastheburdenofproducingevidenceandmustproducesufficientevidencetopersuadethefinderoffactbeyondareasonabledoubtthatthechildhascommittedadelinquentact.3.TR[A' Legal[A' LegalA' LegalA' LegalT  .TR[A' Legal[A' Legal A' Legal A' LegalT  3 :4; .TR[A' Legal[A' LegalA' LegalA' LegalT  3.TR[A' Legal[A' Legal A' Legal A' LegalT  33. TR[A' Legal[A' LegalA' LegalA' LegalT   3 ` AppealsfromatrialcourtsadjudicationofdelinquencyaregovernedbyTenn.CodeAnn.351159(g)(Supp.1998)whichsimplystatesthattheseappealswillbegovernedbytheTennesseeRulesofAppellateProcedure.ThestandardsbywhichappellatecourtsreviewlowercourtsfindingsoffactarefoundinTenn.R.App.P.13.ThereviewoffindingsoffactbyatrialjudgesittingwithoutajuryisgovernedbythepreponderanceoftheevidencestandardinTenn.R.App.P.13(d);while*the*reviewoffindingsofguiltincriminalcasesisgovernedbythe+' '+beyondareasonabledoubtstandard,'',inTenn.R.App.P.13(e).ItseemsevidentTenn.R.App.P.13(e)sstandardofreviewisinapplicabletoappealsfromdelinquencyadjudicationsbecauseTenn.CodeAnn.371133(a)(1996)statesthatanadjudicationofdelinquencyisnotequivalenttoacriminalconviction. ` Anadjudicationthatachildisdelinquentisaconclusionbasedonthefactsasfoundbythefinderoffact.Thus,ifthetrialcourtisthefinderoffact,thenwemustfirstrevieweachofitsfindingsoffacttodeterminewhethertheyaresupportedbyapreponderanceoftheevidence.Afterwehavedeterminedwhichofthefindingsoffactaresupportedbyapreponderanceoftheevidence,thenwemustdeterminewhetherthepartywiththeburdenofproof-provide-.'establishe'.dsufficient/evidence/tosupporttheconclusionthatthechildcommittedadelinquentactbeyondareasonabledoubt. ` WayneH.wasaccusedofcarryinga0'pocket'''0knifetoschoolwhichcouldbeadelinquentactunderTenn.CodeAnn.39171309(b)(1997)whichprovidesthatcarryingweaponsonschoolpropertywith1the1intenttogoarmedisaClassEfelony.Thetrialcourtfound(1)thatWayneH.wasfoundonschoolpropertywithaknifeinhispossession,(2)thatheadmittedhehad2a2knifeinhispossessionontheschoolbusseveraldaysearlier,and(3)thathebroughttheknifetoschoolto impresspeoplebecausehewasanewstudentattheschool.Thesefacts,asfound,supportthetrialcourtsconclusionthatWayneH.committedadelinquentactbeyondareasonabledoubt. `     h     ____________________________ 9 4@  `     h     WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGE