In Re Antoine M.

907 A.2d 158 (2006)

394 Md. 491

In re ANTOINE M.

No. 120, September Term, 2003.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 14, 2006.

Allison E. Pierce, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, and Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Assistant Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Petitioner.

Rachel Marblestone Kamins, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

ELDRIDGE, J.

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