State v. Monahan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

Prompted by mid-Twentieth Century sociological precepts, our Legislature has directed that children under 16 who commit any offenses which would be criminal if committed by adults, shall not be triable in criminal proceedings but shall be dealt with exclusively by our specialized juvenile courts. The legal issue presented to us is whether this clear statutory mandate may be judicially' disregarded to enable a first degree murder trial in the County Court of a 15-year-old boy who participated in a robbery with his father during which his…