Legal Opinion
People v. Woods
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 31, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kreindler, J.), rendered July 9, 1981, convicting him of rape in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence as a juvenile offender.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant, who was 15 years old at the time the crime was committed, contends that the court erred in denying his motion to remove the case to Family Court (see, CPL 210.43). The decision to remove a juvenile offender case to the Family Court is discretionary and is proper only in exceptional cases (see, Matter of Vega v Bell,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Vega v. BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. PolanskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. SanchezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. LockeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. BerryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. ValleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. Angelo F.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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