Legal Opinion
In re Daniel Richard D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 9, 1970PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGabrielli, J.
In a case of first impression, we are called upon to determine whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution require a jury trial in a Family Court proceeding charging appellant with being a juvenile delinquent based on an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony and thus entitle him to a jury trial.
On January 29, 1969 appellant, then 15 years of age, was charged with being a juvenile delinquent in having intentionally shot and killed his father. The accusation and petition filed further charged that the described acts, 1 ‘ if done by an…
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