New York Court of Appeals June 9, 1992 (In re Jahron S.)

*634OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Wachtler.

The appellant Jahron S. was arrested on July 13, 1989, in Jamaica, Queens. A petition filed the following day in Family Court, Queens County, alleged that he had committed acts that if engaged in by an adult would constitute criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third, fifth and seventh degrees.