MATTER OF YAMOUSSA M.


220 A.D.2d 138 (1996)

646 N.Y.S.2d 319

In the Matter of Yamoussa M., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 11, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine R. Riggs of counsel (Susan Clement on the brief; Jane M. Spinak, Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division, attorney), for appellant.

Jane S. Earle of counsel (Pamela Seider Dolgow on the brief; Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of New York City, attorney), for Presentment Agency.

SULLIVAN, ROSS and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur with TOM, J.; MURPHY, P. J., dissents in a separate opinion.


TOM, J.

At a fact-finding hearing conducted on January 12, 1994, respondent admitted he committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of assault in the second degree. Respondent was charged with slashing the 10-year-old complainant three times with a box cutter, which caused the victim to receive 18 stitches and to be hospitalized. Upon...

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