Commonwealth v. Juvenile

The defendant juvenile challenged the determination of a District Court judge to dismiss two delinquency complaints against the juvenile, to cause criminal complaints to issue, and to order the juvenile bound over to the Superior Court as an adult. He argued that the judge lacked authority under G. L. c. 119, § 61, to transfer to the adult system a charge of operating a motor vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered. See G. L. c. 90, § 24 (2) (a). He asserted that this crime was not “an offense involving the infliction or threat of serious bodily…