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MATTER OF PATRICIA A.

31 N.Y.2d 83 (1972)

In the Matter of Patricia A., a Person Alleged To Be In Need of Supervision, Appellant. City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rena K. Uviller, William E. Hellerstein and Charles Schinitsky for appellant.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Edmund B. Hennefeld and Stanley Buchsbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BURKE, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON concur with Chief Judge FULD; Judges SCILEPPI and JASEN dissent and vote to affirm in the following memorandum: We dissent and vote to affirm on the ground that there is a rational basis for the distinction made between male and female offenders. The additional protection afforded females as provided for in the statute is realistic and reasonable and since the age differential applies to all females alike, there is no denial of equal protection.

Chief Judge FULD.

The appellant Patricia A. has been adjudicated a person in need of supervision (referred to at times as PINS) pursuant to section 712 (subd. [b]) of the Family Court Act. Such a person is there defined as "a male less than sixteen years of age and a female less than eighteen years of age who does not attend school in accord with the provisions of part one of article sixty-five of the education...

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