IN RE K.H.

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IN THE ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION TWO IN RE K.H. No. 2 CA-JV 2016-0179 Filed February 1, 2017 THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES. NOT FOR PUBLICATION See Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 111(c)(1); Ariz. R. Civ. App. P. 28(a)(1), (f); Ariz. R. P. Juv. Ct. 103(G). Appeal from the Superior Court in Pima County No. JV20160301 The Honorable Javier Chon-Lopez, Judge AFFIRMED COUNSEL Steven R. Sonenberg, Pima County Public Defender By Susan C. L. Kelly, Assistant Public Defender, Tucson Counsel for Minor IN RE K.H. Decision of the Court MEMORANDUM DECISION Chief Judge Eckerstrom authored the decision of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Howard and Judge Vásquez concurred. E C K E R S T R O M, Chief Judge: ¶1 After a delinquency hearing, the juvenile court found K.H. had committed sexual assault and kidnapping with intent to inflict death, physical injury, or a sexual offense on the victim. The court adjudicated K.H. delinquent and placed him on juvenile intensive probation until his eighteenth birthday. K.H.’s counsel has filed a brief in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530, 2 P.3d 89 (App. 1999), asking this court to review the record for error. See In re Maricopa Cnty. Juv. Action No. JV-117258, 163 Ariz. 484, 485-87, 788 P.2d 1235, 1236-38 (App. 1989) (affording juveniles adjudicated delinquent Anders-type review on appeal). ¶2 Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the juvenile court’s adjudication, see In re Julio L., 197 Ariz. 1, ¶ 6, 3 P.3d 383, 384-85 (2000), we conclude sufficient evidence supports the court’s findings that K.H. committed the offenses listed above. In 2015, fourteen-year-old K.H. forced his fifteen-year-old classmate into a restroom, pinned her to the floor, and had nonconsensual intercourse with her. See A.R.S. §§ 131304(A)(3), 13-1406(A). The court’s disposition was compliant with governing law. See A.R.S. §§ 8-341(A), (B), 8-352(C), (D). ¶3 We have searched the record as requested and find no reversible error. Therefore, the juvenile court’s order adjudicating K.H. delinquent and its disposition are affirmed. 2

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