Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1997

In re Christopher R.

In re Christopher R.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 21, 1997
235 A.D.2d 299; 652 N.Y.S.2d 612; 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 450
In re Christopher R.

Opinion of the Court

Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Sara Schechter, J.), entered November 14, 1995, which adjudicated respondent a juvenile delinquent, upon Ms admission to acts which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and placed him with the Division for Youth for a period of up to 18 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*300The Family Court complied with Family Court Act § 351.1 (3) when it placed respondent despite the absence of the written investigation and report previously ordered by the court, since it conducted a dispositional hearing during which respondent’s probation officer testified and an extensive mental health study of respondent was admitted into evidence. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Wallach, Rubin, Tom and Andrias, JJ.

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