· 10/30/1981
In Interest of Leonardo
Citations
- 436 A.2d 685
- 291 Pa. Super. 644
- 1981 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3642
How courts have described this case
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- proceeding held pursuant to alleged violations of the Juvenile Act cannot serve the functions of a proceeding held pursuant to alleged violations of the Crimes Code
- proceeding held pursuant to alleged violations of the Juvenile Act cannot serve the functions of a proceeding held pursuant to alleged violations of the Crimes Code
- “Clearly juvenile proceedings are different in character and purpose from adult proceeding---- The purpose of juvenile proceeding is to seek treatment, reformation and rehabilitation, and not to punish.”
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Judges: Cercone, Wickersham, Brosky
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