State v. Doe

OPINION

ANDREWS, Judge.

This appeal involves the issue of waiver of the mandatory time requirements of Children’s Court Rule 49(b), N.M.S.A. 1978 (Repl.1979).

After trial to a jury, January 23, 1979, the child was adjudicated a delinquent in need of care and rehabilitation and was committed to the Youth Diagnostic Center (YDC) for a sixty day evaluation. The child sought to delay his transportation to the YDC so that he could attend to a medical matter. The court granted the request and ordered that the child -admit himself to the YDC on January 29, 1979. The child did not report until January…