In Re Herbert B.

COLE, Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether a court may enter a judgment of restitution and impose court costs in a juvenile proceeding after that court has dismissed the matter.

We distill the following facts from the record. In late 1982, a Prince George’s County laundromat was broken into, and certain property was stolen, damaged, or de stroyed. Shortly thereafter, police apprehended the sixteen year old appellant, Herbert B., along with two other juveniles. On March 21, 1983, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, sitting as a juvenile court, conducted an…