In re Carlos B.

The evidence at the juvenile delinquency trial of the 15-year-old respondents showed that one Dr. Gardiner, walking home from a restaurant dinner to his apartment on East 43rd Street in Manhattan at about 1:30 a.m., was assaulted by a group of seven youths. During the assault his pants were ripped down the back and his wallet was taken from one pants pocket as well as paper currency from another; his watch was removed from his wrist; and after he was knocked to the ground he received a kick in the cheek that caused permanent eye impairment. The major question of law raised by the respondents…