Judgment reversed, on the law, and case remitted to the trial court for a new trial before a jury. The findings of fact below have not been considered.
We have held that subdivision 3 of section 913-g and section 913-h of the Code of Criminal Procedure, insofar as they require a defendant to consent to a summary trial without a jury to render him eligible for youthful offender treatment, are unconstitutional (People v. Michael A. C. [Anonymous],
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