Legal Opinion
In re Dorothy D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 15, 1978PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Shapiro, J.
The petitioner is a 12-year-old girl whose mother and a neighbor were apparently feuding. The mother swore out a criminal complaint against the neighbor in the Criminal Court of the City of New York. By way of retaliation, as the record makes clear, the neighbor then charged the appellant *474with being a juvenile delinquent. At intake in the Family Court and before the neighbor filed a juvenile delinquency petition, she offered to withdraw the charge against the infant, if the latter’s mother would withdraw her complaint in the Criminal Court. The mother refused to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. DooleyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Richard S. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Henry v. LooneyNew York Supreme Court · 1971
- In re SmithNew York City Family Court · 1970
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. PriceNew York Supreme Court · 1979
- In re Anthony P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978