Matter of Eric A.

Matter of Eric A. 2007 NY Slip Op 02616 [38 AD3d 448] March 27, 2007 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, May 9, 2007

In the Matter of Eric A., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

—[*1] Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Claire V. Merkine of counsel), for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Karen M. Griffin of counsel), for presentment agency.

Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Alma Cordova, J.), entered September 15, 2006, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, upon a fact-finding determination that he committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and placed him with the Office of Children and Family Services for a period of 12 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 his escalating pattern of antisocial behavior and the apparent inability of his mother to control him. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Marlow, McGuire and Kavanagh, JJ.