In Re Odell

OPINION

This matter came before the Supreme Court on January 24, 1996, pursuant to an order directing all parties to appear and show cause why this appeal should not be summarily decided. In this case the respondent, a juvenile, appeals from a Family Court decree finding him to be delinquent on the basis of a petition alleging that he engaged in sexual penetration of a minor under the age of fourteen.

After reviewing the memoranda submitted by the parties and after hearing their counsel in oral argument, this court concludes that cause has not been shown and that the issues raised by this…