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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of Aaron McC., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.
    [885 NYS2d 632]
   In a juvenile delinquency proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, the appeals are from (1) a fact-finding order of the Family Court, Queens County (Hunt, J.), dated March 26, 2008, which, after a hearing, found that the appellant had committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crimes of attempted burglary in the first degree as a hate crime, attempted burglary in the second degree as a hate crime, menacing in the second degree as a hate crime, aggravated harassment in the second degree, and criminal trespass in the third degree as a hate crime, and (2) an order of disposition of the same court dated August 13, 2008, as amended October 27, 2008, which, upon the fact-finding order, adjudicated the appellant a juvenile delinquent and placed him in the custody of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services for a period of 18 months.

Ordered that the appeal from the fact-finding order is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, as that order was superseded by the order of disposition; and it is further,

Ordered that the order of disposition, as amended, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Viewing the evidence adduced at the fact-finding hearing in the light most favorable to the presentment agency (see Matter of David H., 69 NY2d 792, 793 [1987]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the appellant committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crimes of attempted burglary in the first degree as a hate crime, attempted burglary in the second degree as a hate crime, menacing in the second degree as a hate crime, aggravated harassment in the second degree, and criminal trespass in the third degree as a hate crime (cf. Penal Law § 485.05 [1]; People v Marino, 35 AD3d 292, 293 [2006]). Moreover, upon our independent review of the record, we are satisfied that the findings of fact were not against the weight of the evidence (see Family Ct Act § 342.2 [2]; Matter of Victor I., 57 AD3d 779 [2008]). Skelos, J.P., Covello, Leventhal and Roman, JJ., concur.