COLLINS v. YORK


159 Conn. 150 (1970)

DONNA COLLINS v. JANET S. YORK, SUPERINTENDENT, CONNECTICUT STATE FARM FOR WOMEN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Scanlon, assistant chief prosecuting attorney, for the appellant (defendant).

Richard T. Meehan, chief public defender, for the appellee (plaintiff).

KING, C. J., ALCORN, HOUSE, THIM and RYAN, JS.


ALCORN, J.

On September 19, 1967, the plaintiff, then a sixteen-year-old unmarried female, was presented in the Circuit Court and pleaded guilty to an information charging her with being in manifest danger of falling into habits of vice in violation of § 17-379 of the General Statutes. She was represented in the proceedings by a Circuit Court public defender. On October 3, 1967, the Circuit Court committed her to an...

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