I. R. v. People

This writ of error presents a question of law which was declared by the trial judge to be as follows: “Does the Juvenile Court have jurisdiction over a petition in delinquency alleging vehicular homicide or is it excluded by the Children’s Code as a ‘traffic offense’?” The trial judge held that the Juvenile Court did not have jurisdiction of such a petition in delinquency and entered an order dismissing the petition. We disagree.

Although the district attorney in the first instance apparently caused the filing in the Juvenile Court of the petition here under consideration, and though he…