Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant, who was 15 years old at the time the crime was committed, contends that the court erred in denying his motion to remove the case to Family Court (see, CPL 210.43). The decision to remove a juvenile offender case to the Family Court is discretionary and is proper only in exceptional cases (see, Matter of Vega v Bell,
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