Legal Opinion
In Re Dlh
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 17, 2010No. 350PA09Published
1Opinion of the Court
694 S.E.2d 753 (2010)
In the Matter of D.L.H.
No. 350PA09.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
June 17, 2010.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by LaToya B. Powell, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Leslie C. Rawls, Charlotte, for juvenile-appellee.
NEWBY, Justice.
The issue in this case is whether the delinquent juvenile D.L.H. is entitled to have her term of confinement reduced by time spent in secure custody pending her dispositional hearings. The General Statutes do not authorize credit for time served before disposition in the juvenile context, and our judiciary may not read into the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- In Re BurrusSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
- Matter of VinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2001
- State v. ScogginSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
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