IN RE LAURENCE T.

[No. 92, September Term, 1978.]

285 Md. 621 (1979)

403 A.2d 1256

IN RE: LAURENCE T.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Ray E. Stokes, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., and ORTH, J., dissent and MURPHY, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion in which ORTH, J., concurs at page 630 infra.

We shall determine in this appeal whether the failure of a parent to promise restitution is a factor to be considered in deciding if delinquency proceedings should be instituted against a juvenile.

On August 17, 1977 the appellant, Laurence T., together with two other juveniles allegedly...

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