New York County Courts November 28, 1978 (People v. Williams)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Albert M. Rosenblatt, J.

At issue is the constitutionality of certain provisions of the juvenile offender law of 1978. (See, generally, L 1978, ch 481.)

The legislation, among other things, lowers the age of criminal responsibility for certain violent crimes, by creating a class of "juvenile offender” (Penal Law, § 10.00, subd 18; L 1978, ch 481, § 27, eff Sept.