Application, pursuant to CPLR article 78, for judgment in the nature of prohibition granted, without costs.
A superior court Judge, even when sitting as a local criminal court, has no trial jurisdiction of a violation (CPL 10.30, subd 3). A superior court Judge is limited to preliminary jurisdiction in such a situation (CPL 10.20, subd 2). In our view, a suppression hearing falls within the term trial jurisdiction (see CPL 1.20, subds 24, 25; cf. CPL 170.15, 710.50...
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