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IN RE: DALEESA MC. (Anonymous), appellant.
In a juvenile delinquency proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act § 3, the appeal is from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Kings County (Pearl, J.), dated July 19, 2004, which, upon a fact-finding order of the same court dated May 11, 2004, made after a hearing, finding that the appellant had committed acts, which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (two counts), adjudged her to be a juvenile delinquent and, inter alia, placed her on probation for a period of 18 months. The appeal brings up for review the fact-finding order dated May 11, 2004.
ORDERED that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the presentment agency (Matter of David H., 69 N.Y.2d 792, 513 N.Y.S.2d 111, 505 N.E.2d 621; cf. People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620, 467 N.Y.S.2d 349, 454 N.E.2d 932), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish that the appellant committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, under counts five and six of the petition (see People v. Westbrook, 177 A.D.2d 1039, 578 N.Y.S.2d 52; People v. McCall, 137 A.D.2d 561, 524 N.Y.S.2d 301). Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the finding was not against the weight of the evidence (see Matter of Ibrahim D., 18 A.D.3d 659, 795 N.Y.S.2d 677; cf. CPL 470.15 [5] ).
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Decided: November 14, 2005
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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