¶1Orders, Family Court, New York County, entered on January 4, 1979, adjudicating respondent a juvenile delinquent on the ground that he committed acts, which, if done by an adult, would constitute criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and escape in the third degree, and placing him with the Division for Youth, Title III, for a period of 18 months commencing on November 22, 1978, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to reduce placement to a period of 12 months, and, as so modified, the orders are affirmed, without costs (see. Family Ct Act, § 756, subd [b], as amd, eff Sept. 1, 1978). Concur— Sullivan, J. P., Bloom, Markewich, Silverman and Ross,'JJ.
73 A.D.2d 536
In re Edward S.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 11, 1979
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1979-12-11
Decided 1979-12-11