The court properly exercised its discretion in adjudicating appellant a juvenile delinquent and placing him on probation for a period of 12 months. This was the least restrictive alternative, given the violent nature of the offense, in which appellant deliberately cut another child's neck, along with appellant's history of aggressive conduct leading to treatment beginning two years earlier and his continued need to control his anger. The court was not required to grant his...
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