A.S. v. State

A.S., a juvenile, appeals his commitment to a level 6 program after a determination of dependency. We reverse.

A.S. was charged by petition with one count of possession of a firearm on school property, a third-degree felony. He pled to the lesser offense of carrying a concealed weapon, a first-degree misdemean- or. According to his pre-disposition report [“PDR”], A.S. had brought a firearm and empty magazine to school in order to return them to another child to whom he claimed the gun belonged. Appellant’s PDR also reflected two prior charges in 1998, but both were closed without sanction. The…