Legal Opinion
In re Jazmin A.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 2010PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
On February 18, 2008, 14-year-old Jazmín A. returned home after a four-day absence, whereupon she promptly announced that she was leaving again. When her mother objected and attempted to block the door, Jazmín grabbed a kitchen knife with a six-inch blade, and threatened that “[n]o one is going to touch me.” As Jazmín tried to fight her way past her mother, her stepfather intervened. Before he succeeded in wresting the knife away from her, though, Jazmín grazed his shoulder with the blade; she also bit her stepfather’s arm and chest, causing him to bleed. He was…
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