IN RE DOUGLAS P.

No. 39, September Term, 1993.

333 Md. 387 (1994)

635 A.2d 427

IN RE DOUGLAS P.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Weisheit, Asst. Public Defender, (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender), both on brief, Baltimore, for petitioner.

John J. Capowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen.), both on brief, Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


CHASANOW, Judge.

Petitioner Douglas P. challenges the finding that he committed a "delinquent act" by violating Maryland's child abuse statute. See Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 35A (defining child abuse); Md.Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol., 1993 Cum.Supp.), Cts. & Jud.Proc. Art., § 3-801(k) (defining delinquent act).1 Douglas argues that the child abuse statute is not applicable to juvenile offenders...

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