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BG, AN ADOLESCENT OFFENDER (AO) WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE “RAISE THE AGE ACT,” ASSAULTED A MAN AND THREW HIM ON THE SUBWAY TRACKS; A BYSTANDER JUMPED DOWN TO HELP THE ASSAULT VICTIM; THE BYSTANDER WAS KILLED BY A SUBWAY TRAIN WHICH STOPPED BEFORE REACHING THE ASSAULT VICTIM; THE JUDGE RULED THE MATTER SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO FAMILY COURT; THE PEOPLE SOUGHT A WRIT OF PROHIBITION WHICH WAS DENIED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department denied the People’s request for a writ of prohibition to prevent respondent judge from sending a criminal case involving an adolescent offender (AO) to Family Court pursuant to the “Raise the Age Law.” In criminal matters involving AO’s the Raise the Age Law allows judges to decide whether the matter should heard in Family Court. Here BG, the AO, assaulted the victim  in a subway station and threw the victim on the tracks. A bystander jumped down to try to help the victim. The train was able to stop before reaching the assault victim, but the bystander who tried to help the victim was killed by the train:

Justice Semaj rejected the People’s argument that BG engaged in “heinous” conduct by pushing the surviving victim onto the tracks and leaving him there unconscious, observing that this argument was “rebutted by the video footage offered by the People,” which showed that the surviving victim “was conscious at the time he was pushed on to the tracks and even if he became unconscious once on the tracks, [BG] and another young person are seen going into the tracks and seemingly moving [him], possibly inadvertently, but . . . out of harm’s way.” The court further noted that Hueston [the bystander] chose to jump onto the train tracks, and that BG left after he “was told to leave by [Hueston].” … . * * *

“A writ of prohibition against a judge may be issued only when a court acts or threatens to act without jurisdiction in a matter of which it has no power over the subject matter or where it exceeds its authorized powers in a proceeding over which it has jurisdiction” … . “Prohibition cannot be used merely to correct errors of law, however egregious and however unreviewable” … . The Court of Appeals has stressed that, in the context of criminal proceedings, the writ should be issued “only when a court exceeds its jurisdiction or authorized power in such a manner as to implicate the legality of the entire proceeding, as for example, the prosecution of a crime committed beyond the county’s geographic jurisdiction” … . “Although the distinction between legal errors and actions in excess of power is not always easily made, abuses of power may be identified by their impact upon the entire proceeding as distinguished from an error in a proceeding itself” … . Matter of Clark v Boyle, 2022 NY Slip Op 06316, First Dept 11-10-22

Practice Point: Pursuant to the “Raise the Age Law” criminal cases involving adolescent offenders (AO’s) are reviewed by a judge who can chose to have the case heard in Family Court. The AO in this case assaulted a man and threw him onto subway tracks. The man survived but a bystander who tried to help him was killed by the train. The People sought a writ of prohibition to prevent the transfer to Family Court. The First Department laid out the strict criteria for a writ of prohibition and denied it.

 

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