In re Antwaine T.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Pigott, J.

The issue in this juvenile delinquency proceeding is whether the petition was facially sufficient to charge respondent Antwaine T. with a violation of Penal Law § 265.05, which proscribes a juvenile’s possession of “any dangerous knife.” We conclude that the petition was facially sufficient.

On November 23, 2010, a petition was filed in Family Court against respondent, then 15 years old, charging him with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 265.01 [2]) and unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen (Penal Law § 265.05).…