In Re Montrail M.

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge,

Specially Assigned.

This appeal concerns the Maryland Juvenile Causes Act, Maryland Code (1973, 1989 Repl.Vol.) § 3-801 et seq. of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ). We hold:

1) The doctrine of merger is applicable to juvenile delinquency proceedings.

2) Under the doctrine of merger, an adjudication that a child is delinquent 1 because of the commission of the delinquent act 2 of the unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance and a further adjudication that a child is delinquent because of the commission of the delinquent act of the…