MATTER OF TEANNI D.

Docket No. D-1920/20. Appeal No. 14647. Case No. 2020-03937.

199 A.D.3d 511 (2021)

154 N.Y.S.3d 442

2021 NY Slip Op 06437

In the Matter of Teanni D., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

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

Decided November 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Lewis S. Calderson, Jamaica ( Lewis S. Calderon of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Diana Lawless of counsel), for presentment agency.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Webber, Oing, Moulton, Rodriguez, JJ.


The court providently exercised its discretion when it adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent and placed her on probation, which was recommended by the Probation Department, and which 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]). An adjournment in contemplation of dismissal would not have provided...

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