United States v. Anibal Torres

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge:

Anibal Torres appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York finding him to be a juvenile delinquent after proceedings before Judge Gurfein without a jury. The appellant challenges the constitutionality under the Sixth Amendment 1 of the provisions of the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 5031-5037, which provide that juvenile delinquency proceedings shall be without a jury and that the required consent of a juvenile to be proceeded against as a juvenile delinquent is deemed a waiver of…