COMMONWEALTH v. HARRIS


223 Pa.Super. 11 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Harris, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Myers and Zack and Myers, for appellant.

Steven H. Goldblatt and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION BY PACKEL, J., November 16, 1972:

It is the duty of a judge to transfer a criminal proceeding to the juvenile court if "it shall be ascertained that the person charged with the offense was under the age of 16 years at the time the alleged offense was committed. . . ."1 The appellant at the time of the offense was less than 16 but he told the court he was 19. He asks for post...

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