STATE IN INTEREST OF N.L.


69 N.J. 342 (1976)

354 A.2d 286

STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF N.L., JUVENILE-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gerald P. Boswell, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Boswell, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Michael A. Noto, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for the State of New Jersey (Mr. Noto, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).


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

N.L., the juvenile herein, was apprehended while a passenger in a stolen car, and was subsequently adjudicated a delinquent on a finding that he had unlawfully used a motor vehicle. This act if committed by an adult would be a violation of N.J.S.A. 2A:170-38, commonly known as the joy-riding statute and constitutes an act of juvenile delinquency when committed by...

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