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MATTER OF C. W. M.

No. 11349.

407 A.2d 617 (1979)

In the Matter of C. W. M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elkanah J. Burns, Jr., Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Louis P. Robbins, Acting Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and David Luria, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER and FERREN, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

This appeal from the adjudication and disposition in a juvenile delinquency proceeding challenges on due process and equal protection grounds the constitutionality of D.C.Code 1973, § 16-2315(d), which prohibits the interposition of the defense of insanity by a child charged with delinquency.1 We reject the constitutional claim and affirm.

By petition filed December 2, 1975, in the Family Division...

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