IN RE LAKESHIA M.

No. 96, Sept. Term, 2006.

921 A.2d 258 (2007)

398 Md. 551

In re LAKESHIA M.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison E. Pierce, Assistant Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, Adrienne Dixon, Rule 16 Student Attorney, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.

Shannon E. Avery, Assistant Attorney General (Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.

Argued before RAKER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, and LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (Retired, specially assigned) and ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY, J.

The issue presented by the parties in this delinquency case is whether the juvenile respondent triggered the requirement for a pre-adjudicatory hearing, mental competency evaluation, as that requirement was imposed by Maryland Code (1974, 2002 Repl.Vol., 2005 Cum.Supp.), § 3-8A-17.1 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ).1 We shall hold that the juvenile...

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