MATTER OF S.


34 N.Y.2d 775 (1974)

In the Matter of Ricci S., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant. City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Michael Gage, Steven M. Schlussel and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Adrian P. Burke, Corporation Counsel (Susan S. Belkin and Milton H. Harris of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS.


Order reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed in the following memorandum: While we find that there was probable cause for the arrest of the alleged juvenile delinquent, we conclude that violation of subdivision 4 of section 265.05 of the Penal Law was not established. An unmodified hunting knife with a five- to six-inch blade cannot be said to be a dangerous knife within the meaning of that...

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