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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

97 Misc.2d 24 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Thomas Williams, Defendant.

County Court, Dutchess County.

November 28, 1978

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Ciolko, Public Defender (James R. Brown of counsel), for defendant. John R. King, District Attorney (Bridget R. Rahilly of counsel), for plaintiff.

ALBERT M. ROSENBLATT, J.

At issue is the constitutionality of certain provisions of the juvenile offender law of 1978. (See, generally, L 1978, ch 481.)

The legislation, among other things, lowers the age of criminal responsibility for certain violent crimes, by creating a class of "juvenile offender" (Penal Law, § 10.00, subd 18; L 1978, ch 481, § 27, eff Sept. 1, 1978), whose cases are to...

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