People v. Bell

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Appellant challenges his conviction following his plea of guilty to assault' in the second *584degree, claiming that Onondaga County Court' lacked jurisdiction over .him because’of the original jurisdiction of Family Court (N. Y. Const., art. VI, § 13). Appellant was arrested on November 11, 1970 and charged with second degree assault for a beating he administered to his 10-year-old stepdaughter.He. was arraigned in -Justice Court in'the Town of'Clay the following day. The records of that' court reveal that.it thereupon transferred the. proceeding to the…