Commissioner v. Towne

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a juvenile proceeding is \nonadversarial and designed to further the best interests of the minor\
• recognizing that a juvenile proceeding is “nonadversarial and designed to further the best interests of the minor”
• holding that a mentally retarded 13-year-old with an IQ of 47 or 48 could validly waive his Miranda rights
• recognizing that a juvenile proceeding is “nonadversarial and designed to further the best interests of the minor”
• noting that although juvenile scored a 47 or 48 on an IQ test, psychologist believed that score was depressed and that juvenile’s IQ was actually between 60 and 70
• stating that proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 are not criminal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).