MATTER OF J.


233 A.D.2d 198 (1996)

650 N.Y.S.2d 6

In the Matter of Michael J., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant

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

November 19, 1996


Respondent's detention was authorized under Family Court Act § 718, the "runaway statute". The detectives' observations of respondent, who appeared to be about 15 years old and unaccompanied by an adult, at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, an area known as a gathering place for runaways, at 10:30 P.M., on a school night, justified their asking respondent his name, and about his destination, purpose and traveling companion...

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