IN MATTER OF GEORGE


44 A.D.2d 352 (1974)

In the Matter of George S., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian P. Burke, Corporation Counsel (Milton H. Harris and Alfred Weinstein of counsel), for appellant.

William E. Hallerstein and Charles Schinitsky (Michael Gage, Debora Ginsberg and Kay Thompson of counsel), for respondent.

McGIVERN, P. J., MARKEWICH, NUNEZ and TILZER, JJ., concur.


LANE, J.

The respondent, alleged to be a juvenile delinquent, was granted a jury trial by a Judge of the Family Court. We find this ruling to be in error.

A juvenile delinquent has no Federal constitutional right to a trial by jury in the adjudicatory stage (McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, 403 U.S. 528; United States ex rel. Murray v. Owens, 465...

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