STATE IN INTEREST OF M.H.


131 N.J. Super. 288 (1974)

329 A.2d 579

STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF M.H. A JUVENILE.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney for juvenile appellant (Mr. Thomas A. Pavics, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondent State of New Jersey (Mr. Jeffrey J. Lee, Special Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges MATTHEWS, FRITZ and BOTTER.


PER CURIAM.

In this appeal M.H., a juvenile, contends that the trial court mistakenly imposed a suspended sentence to "Yardville" and probation as a means of compelling M.H. to enter Highfields, although the court could have sentenced him directly to Highfields under N.J.S.A. 2A:4-37 without a suspended custodial sentence. (N.J.S.A. 2A:4-37 was repealed by L. 1973, c. 306, § 27, as part of the law commonly referred to as the J.I.N...

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