In the Matter of Daniel Vega v. Howard E. Bell, as Justice of the Supreme Court, Bronx County

Summary

The Court held that a juvenile offender may be indicted by a Grand Jury without first receiving a removal hearing in a local criminal court, that due process does not require such a hearing, and that superior criminal courts possess an implied power to remove a juvenile to Family Court over the District Attorney's objection after indictment. Accordingly, the petition for a writ of prohibition was denied and the Appellate Division's judgment was reversed.