State in Interest of M.C.

RODRIGUEZ, A.A., J.A.D.

M.C., then sixteen-years old, was arrested and charged with juvenile delinquency for conduct that, if committed by an adult, would have constituted possession of a shotgun without first obtaining a firearms purchaser identification card, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5c. The judge sustained the complaint, and imposed a custodial term of one-year. The sentence was suspended upon a condition that M.C. participate in the Total Life Program. The contentions on appeal are that the adjudication of delinquency must be reversed because the Legislature intended that juveniles who possess…