Matter of Kharlique G.

Matter of Kharlique G. 2007 NY Slip Op 01608 [37 AD3d 365] February 27, 2007 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, April 11, 2007

In the Matter of Kharlique G., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

—[*1] Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for appellant. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Ronald E. Sternberg of counsel), for presentment agency.

Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Susan R. Larabee, J.), entered on or about February 27, 2006, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, upon his admission that he had committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of robbery in the first degree, and placed him in the custody of the Office of Children and Family Services for a period of 6 to 18 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The placement was a proper exercise of the court's discretion that constituted the least restrictive alternative consistent with the needs of appellant and the community (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 NY2d 947 [1984]), particularly in view of the seriousness of the crime and appellant's significant mental health issues. Concur—Andrias, J.P., Friedman, Sullivan, Williams and Catterson, JJ.