State v. Doe

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

After the district attorney refused to provide information requested by the Children’s Court in connection with a proposed consent decree and after considering a proposed juvenile agreement, the court dismissed the petition for delinquency. The State appealed. We affirm, discussing (1) the district attorney’s refusal, (2) right to appeal, (3) the proposed consent decree, (4) court’s authority to dismiss, and (5) propriety of the dismissal. References to the Children’s Court rules are to the rules effective November 1, 1978.

A petition was filed charging that the child…