State ex rel. P.M.P.

Because I would affirm the judgment in this case substantially for the reasons cogently and thoughtfully explained by Judge Lihotz in her opinion below, State in the Interest of P.M.P., 404 N.J.Sirper. 69, 960 A.2d 758 (App.Div.2008), I dissent. I add only the following.

The majority “coneludels] that when the Prosecutor’s Office initiates a juvenile complaint and obtains a judicially approved arrest warrant, a critical stage in the proceeding has been reached, implicating the juvenile’s statutory right to counsel.” Ante at 178, 975 A.2d at 448. That conclusion is unsupportable in two respects…