The issue is whether a juvenile lawfully detained by the police under the authority of Family Court Act § 718, a noncriminal statute whose purpose is the protection and return of runaway children, may legally be subjected to a "patdown" search. Respondent Terrence G. is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition presented in the Family Court charging him with acts which would constitute...
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