STATE IN INTEREST OF S.S.


273 N.J. Super. 31 (1994)

640 A.2d 1189

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, IN THE INTEREST OF S.S., A JUVENILE.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry R. Etzweiler, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant State of New Jersey (Fred DeVesa, Acting Attorney General, attorney).

Theresa Yvette Kyles, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent S.S. (Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney).

Before Judges GAULKIN, D'ANNUNZIO and WALLACE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GAULKIN, P.J.A.D.

The issue here is whether N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-61, a provision of the New Jersey Code of Juvenile Justice adopted in 1982, allows or prohibits the fingerprinting of a juvenile 14 years of age or older charged with delinquency on the basis of an act, which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a crime. We hold that the statute authorizes such fingerprinting.

On April 23, 1992, S.S., then 15...

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