On July 19, 1976, petitioner was arrested and charged with the misdemeanor of driving while intoxicated. Subsequently, he appeared before respondent, a nonlawyer Town Justice, and demanded a jury trial, but respondent determined that, pursuant to relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law (CPL 340.40, subd 7; 720.20, subd 1, par [b]), he must be tried before a single Judge without a jury because he was a youth of 17 years of age who had no prior criminal record or...
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