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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of Alberto Gutierrez, Petitioner, v Michael Pesce, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, et al., Respondents.
    [638 NYS2d 314]
   —Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to preclude the respondents from trying the petitioner under Kings County, Indictment No. 11924/95 on the ground that the Supreme Court, Kings County, does not have jurisdiction over the petitioner because he is under the age of 16.

Upon the petition and papers filed in support of the proceeding, and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

"Because of its extraordinary nature, prohibition is available only where there is a clear legal right, and then only when a court — in cases where judicial authority is challenged — acts or threatens to act either without jurisdiction or in excess of its authorized powers” (Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569; see, Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Copertino and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.