State ex rel. R.M.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

In this case, a delinquent juvenile was sentenced to a term of incarceration which, on appeal, he contends was illegal. That contention requires the Court to consider the substantive and procedural standards to be applied in determining whether a delinquent juvenile is developmentally disabled for the purposes of the Code of Juvenile Justice. The issue is important because a juvenile who is developmentally disabled cannot be incarcerated for delinquency.

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The Code of Juvenile Justice prohibits the incarceration of a juvenile who is…