Matter of Roxroy R.
2012 NY Slip Op 08636 [101 AD3d 484]
December 13, 2012
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, February 6, 2013


In the Matter of Roxroy R., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

[*1] Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Diane Pazar of counsel), for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for presentment agency.

Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Allen G. Alpert, J.), entered on or about March 13, 2012, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent upon a fact-finding determination that he committed an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and placed him on probation for a period of 18 months, with 100 hours of community service, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The disposition was the least restrictive dispositional alternative consistent with appellant's needs and the community's need for protection, and was a proper exercise of discretion (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 NY2d 947 [1984]). The underlying incident was serious and violent, and the length and conditions of probation were not unduly punitive. Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Mazzarelli, Acosta and Román, JJ.