Section 310.85. Verdict of guilty where defendant not criminally responsible


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  • 1.  Where a verdict of guilty is rendered with respect to a crime, but
      the  defendant is not criminally responsible for such crime by reason of
      infancy, the court shall proceed as provided in this section.
        2.  If a verdict of guilty also is rendered with respect  to  a  crime
      for  which  the defendant is criminally responsible, or if the defendant
      is awaiting sentence upon another criminal  conviction  or  is  under  a
      sentence  of  imprisonment  on  another criminal conviction, the verdict
      rendered with respect  to  a  crime  for  which  he  is  not  criminally
      responsible must be set aside and shall be deemed a nullity.
        3.    In  any  case  where  the  verdict  is not set aside pursuant to
      subdivision two of this section, the court must order that  the  verdict
      be   deemed   vacated  and  replaced  by  a  juvenile  delinquency  fact
      determination.  Upon so ordering, the court must direct that the  action
      be  removed  to  the  family  court in accordance with the provisions of
      article seven hundred twenty-five of this chapter.