People v. Cutten

OPINION OF THE COURT

Wayne A. Feeman, Jr., J.

Issue

In these companion appeals, the defendants challenge *532adjudications after a bench trial on July 6, 1999 in the Town Court of the Town of Andover that they had violated section . 65-c of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. The court notes at the outset, by virtue of subdivision (4) of section 65-c, that the adjudications are not to be considered “convictions.”

In pertinent part, subdivision (1) of section 65-c reads as follows: “[N]o person under the age of twenty-one years shall possess any alcoholic beverage * * * with the intent to consume such…