The court providently exercised its discretion when it denied appellant's request for an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal. The mitigating factors that appellant cited, including the absence of previous contact with the juvenile justice system, did not outweigh the seriousness of appellant's violent act. Thus, the court providently exercised its discretion in deciding that a 12-month period of probation was the least restrictive dispositional alternative consistent...
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