State in the Interest of D.K.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PAYNE, J.A.D.

Defendant D.K., a juvenile, was charged with possession of marijuana, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(4), hindering apprehension, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3a(3), and tampering with evidence, N.J.S.A. 2C:2S-6a(l) after a car in which he was riding at 2:30 a.m. on November 25, 2001 was stopped by the police because it had a tinted plastic cover over the rear license plate, rendering that license plate temporarily unreadable. He was adjudicated guilty of all charges. As a disposition, the court imposed an aggregate term of one year’s probation on the marijuana and…