In Re Roneika S.

In this appeal we discuss what a petition alleging juvenile delinquency must contain as a factual basis to support the allegation. The issue implicates the requirement of notice embodied in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, and the specific dictates of Maryland Code (1973, 2002 Repl.Vol.), § 3-8A-13 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (“CJ”) and Maryland Rule 11-103.

On November 10, 2005, the State filed a juvenile delinquency petition alleging that Roneika S. had made a…