GAULT DECISION - DUE PROCESS AND THE JUVENILE COURTS

• NCJ Number: 5849
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1967) Pages: 8-18
• Author(s): A Neigher
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUPREME COURT DECISION WHICH HELD THAT JUVENILES HAVE CERTAIN FIFTH AND SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS.

Abstract

THE BACKGROUND FOR THE DECISION IS LAID BY A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE STATES. THE DECISION ITSELF GUARANTEED MINORS RIGHTS TO A NOTICE OF CHARGES, COUNSEL, CONFRONTATION AND CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ADVERSE WITNESSES, AND AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE RULING FOR JUVENILE COURT PROCEEDINGS ARE ANALYZED.