Legal Opinion

In re J.M.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 9, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

DONOHUE, J.:

J.M. appeals from the May 31, 2011 dispositional order, providing for ten days to one year of incarceration, which was entered following the revocation of J.M.’s probation. We are asked to consider whether a juvenile court may impose a term of incarceration on a person over the age of 18 years but under the age of 21 years for a violation of probation that was imposed as part of the disposition in a delinquency adjudication in juvenile court. Because we conclude that the language of the Juvenile Act1 prohibits such a result, we vacate the dispositional order and remand…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. WickettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. LeveretteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Day v. Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. In the Interest of L.C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Hutchison Ex Rel. Hutchison v. LuddySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BarbaroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Com. v. Figueroa, J., Jr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. Com. v. Weaver, R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. In Re: L.W., Appeal of: L.W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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