PEOPLE EX REL. ROOKS v. HENDERSON


50 A.D.2d 708 (1975)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Rooks, Appellant, v. Robert J. Henderson, as Superintendent of The Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent

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

November 6, 1975


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

Relator is presently serving a term of 40 years to life imposed upon him by Supreme Court of Kings County on April 29, 1964 following a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder, first degree. Relator claims that since he was 15 years old at the time of the commission of the crime the case should have been brought originally in Family Court, at least until the return of the indictment. Article 6 (§ 13, par [b...

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