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STATE IN INTEREST OF S.H.

61 N.J. 108 (1972)

293 A.2d 181

STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF S.H., JUVENILE-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Rohr, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for juvenile-appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. William J. Rohr, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Wilbur H. Mathesius, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for State of New Jersey (Mr. Bruce M. Schragger, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Bryan V. Moore, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by PROCTOR, J.

A juvenile delinquency complaint in the Mercer County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court charged that the appellant, S.H., age 10, caused the drowning of B.R., age 6, by pushing him into a canal. The court found that the appellant was a juvenile delinquent. However, it reserved decision as to whether the offense would be manslaughter or second degree murder had the act been committed by a person of the age of...

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