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STATE EX REL. P.M.P.

DOCKET NO. A-5156-07T4

960 A.2d 758 (2008)

404 N.J. Super. 69

STATE of New Jersey in the Interest of P.M.P.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vincent Molitor, Assistant Cape May County Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant, State of New Jersey (Robert L. Taylor, Cape May County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Molitor, of counsel and on the brief).

Amira R. Scurato, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent, P.M.P. (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Scurato, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges PARRILLO, LIHOTZ and MESSANO.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LIHOTZ, J.A.D.

The threshold question posed on appeal asks whether a juvenile delinquency complaint, filed at the direction of a county prosecutor's office, is the substantial equivalent of an indictment such that it initiates a formal adversarial proceeding and triggers a juvenile's right to counsel. The trial court extended the protections of State v. Sanchez, 129 N.J. 261,...

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