In re Dwight M.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Appellant contends that it was improper for the Family Court to base his juvenile delinquency adjudication upon a finding that he had committed a lesser included crime (assault in the third degree) of the only crime charged in the petition (assault in the second degree). We disagree.

The Family Court has long been recognized as possessing *794the authority to adjudicate a youth a juvenile delinquent based upon a finding that a lesser included crime, not specifically charged in the petition, has…