MATTER OF FREDDIE L.


120 Misc.2d 36 (1983)

In the Matter of Freddie L., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Respondent.

Family Court, New York County.

July 1, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Kathi Peisner of counsel), for petitioner. Lenore Gittis and John Ware Upton for respondent. Howard W. Yagerman for New York City Department of Probation.


STANLEY GARTENSTEIN, J.

A motion before the court raises issues of first impression common to both the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Does a juvenile respondent (or adult defendant) have a constitutionally protected right to counsel at the posttrial presentence investigational stage of proceedings, specifically, at his interviews with an investigating probation officer. Interestingly, this application comes before the juvenile justice system first...

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