People v. South

We hold that because the verdict in this case, tried in Town Court before a Justice sitting without a jury, was not rendered until 58 days after the close of the trial, the adjudication as a youthful offender must be reversed.

Defendant was charged with assault in the third degree and after trial was found guilty, sentenced as a youthful offender and given a conditional discharge. He now contends that because the Town Justice before whom he was tried, at the close of the case, reserved decision and adjourned the case, sine die, the jurisdiction of the court was thereon terminated. If this were…