Christopher P. v. State

How courts have described this case

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• reasoning that the Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination extends to transfer proceeding because it is a critically important proceeding that exposes a child to adult criminal liability and essential due process is required
• “[W]e find no precedents [in any jurisdiction] sanctioning a court order compelling a child to make inculpatory statements in the presence of the prosecution for any purpose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).