DOE v. STATE

No. 1638.

540 P.2d 827 (1975)

88 N.M. 347

In the Matter of John DOE VIII, John Doe IX and John Doe X, children, Defendants-Appellants, v. STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied September 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Root, Albuquerque, for appellants.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Jill Z. Cooper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Simons, IV, John A. Templeman, Asst. Attys. Gen., State Board of Ed., Santa Fe (amicus), for appellee.


OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

Petitions were filed in the Children's Court of Quay County alleging that each of the three respondents possessed less than one ounce of marijuana contrary to § 54-11-23, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 8, pt. 2, Supp. 1973) and that they were, thereby, delinquent children within the scope of the Children's Code, §§ 13-14-1 to 13-14-45, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 3, Supp. 1973).

The Children's Court found that respondents...

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