MATTER OF JUSTIN M.

Docket No. D-002698/19. Appeal No. 12439. Case No. 2019-03566.

188 A.D.3d 571 (2020)

134 N.Y.S.3d 697

2020 NY Slip Op 06859

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

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

Decided November 19, 2020.


Appellant's challenges to his admission are unavailing. Appellant admitted that he knowingly entered a building unlawfully (see Penal Law § 140.00[5]), and appellant's argument to the contrary conflates the standards for a valid admission (the equivalent of a guilty plea) with the evidentiary requirements for a determination at a fact-finding hearing. The court adequately explained to appellant the rights he was waiving as well as the possible dispositional alternatives...

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