In re Tristan C.

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Philip C. Segal, J.

In this juvenile delinquency proceeding, respondent, Tristan C., a 10-year-old child, is charged with manslaughter in the second degree, criminally negligent homicide, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and related lesser included offenses. The incident leading to these charges occurred when Tristan, then nine years old, accidently shot and killed his best friend and cousin, Shamel S., a 12-year-old boy, with whom he resided. Tristan’s Law Guardian now moves, prior to the fact-finding hearing, to dismiss the petition in the furtherance…