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In re Steven R.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Aug 5, 1996
Reporters:
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Before:
Altman

—In a juvenile delinquency proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, the appeal is from an order of ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‍disposition of the Family Court, Queens County (Fitzmaurice, J.), dated April 12, 1995, which, upon a fact-finding order of the same court, dated January 18, 1995, made upon the appellant’s admission, finding that the appellant had committed ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‍acts which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crime of menacing in the third degree, adjudged him to be a juvenile delinquent, and placed him on probation.

Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‍without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the appellant’s contention, the Family Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in ordering a one-year period of probation, particularly in view of the nature of the incident and appellant’s poor ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‍school attendance and performance record (see, Matter of Nikkia C., 187 AD2d 581; Matter of Rufino M., 168 AD2d 385; Matter of Raymond A., 136 AD2d 700). “Further, the fact that this was appellant’s only contact with the law is not dispositive” (Matter of ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‍Rufino M., supra, at 386; see also, Matter of Jennifer M., 125 AD2d 830).

Miller, J. P., O’Brien, Sullivan and Altman, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: In re Steven R.
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Aug 5, 1996
Citations: 230 A.D.2d 745; 646 N.Y.S.2d 60; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8231
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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