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MATTER OF CECILIA R.

36 N.Y.2d 317 (1975)

In the Matter of Cecilia R., a Person Alleged to be a Person in Need of Supervision, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 1, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Sue Lauring and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Susan S. Belkin and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge BREITEL and Judge COOKE concur.

FUCHSBERG, J.

Cecilia R., at the age of 13 years, was adjudicated a person in need of supervision (PINS) by the Family Court, Kings County, and ordered placed at a State training school for 18 months. The principle issue on this appeal is whether she was deprived of her Federal and State constitutional guarantees of due process because the hearing which resulted in her placement, save for the dispositional pronouncement...

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