M. A. P. v. RYAN

No. 5939.

285 A.2d 310 (1971)

M. A. P., a juvenile, Petitioner, v. Honorable Joseph M. F. RYAN, Jr., Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie L. Fair, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the answer, for respondent

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and KELLY, and PAIR, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge:

Petitioner, a juvenile of 17 years of age, was taken into custody by a police officer shortly after midnight and later in the same day taken to the Juvenile Branch of the Family Division of the Superior Court. There, on the basis of a complaint filed with the Intake Section, he was charged by sworn petition1 with an offense which would constitute robbery if committed by an adult. Represented by counsel, petitioner denied...

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