STATE IN INTEREST OF M.S.


73 N.J. 238 (1977)

374 A.2d 445

STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF M.S., JUVENILE-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF E.O., JUVENILE-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF D.K., JUVENILE-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF E.M., JUVENILE-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Marcia R. Richman, Assistant Public Defender, and Mr. Steven Zamrin, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellants (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Kenneth P. Ply, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Miss Sara A. Friedman, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Mr. Lowell Espey, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.

This appeal involves similar but unrelated conduct by four juveniles which resulted in their being charged with delinquency for having left a shelter care facility without permission.1 They were tried separately in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (Juvenile Court). In each case the trial judge ruled that the juvenile had committed...

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