State ex rel. A.H.

BATTEN, J.S.C.

This pretrial motion to dismiss juvenile complaints on double jeopardy grounds requires consideration and adjudication of the effect of a finding of innocence by a referee at the conclusion of an informal “trial/non-mandatory counsel” proceed*36ing, on the record, and the rights, if any, of the complaining witness to “appeal” the referee’s finding to this court for formal hearing de novo. Neither statute nor rule of court resolves these issues. The single reported opinion most factually similar, State in the Interest of L.D., 174 N.J.Super. 263, 416 A.2d 410 (App.Div. 1980),…