IN RE COWARD

No. 4712.

254 A.2d 730 (1969)

In the Matter of James Edward COWARD.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie S. Klooz, Washington, D. C., for James Edward Coward.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, Retired, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges, Retired.


CAYTON, Judge.

Appellant, a minor, was held to be within the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court, under the provisions of D.C.Code 1967 § 11-1551(a) (1), on the basis of a finding that he had aided and abetted the commission of a crime. This appeal followed.

The factual background is to a large degree uncontested. This action was commenced by a petition which alleged that appellant

(1) * * * on or about November 22, 1967 at about 10:00 P.M. *...

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