MATTER OF DARWIN P.

2872.

146 A.D.3d 682 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 00549

44 N.Y.S.3d 907

In the Matter of DARWIN P., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

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

Decided January 26, 2017.


The court providently exercised its discretion in adjudicating appellant a juvenile delinquent and placing him on probation, because this was the least restrictive dispositional alternative consistent with appellant's needs and the community's need for protection (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 N.Y.2d 947 [1984]), in light of appellant's sexual conduct toward a much younger child. An adjournment in contemplation of dismissal would...

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