Supreme Court· 5/15/1967

In Re GAULT

Citations

387 U.S. 1
87 S. Ct. 1428
18 L. Ed. 2d 527
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1478
40 Ohio Op. 2d 378

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holding that many constitutional procedural rights ordinarily associated with criminal trials apply in juvenile delinquency proceedings
recognizing that the juvenile system was developed in large part to facilitate the opportunity for juveniles to reform and become productive citizens
holding that many constitutional procedural rights ordinarily associated with criminal trials apply in juvenile delinquency proceedings
holding that the Fifth Amendment applies to juveniles and may be “claimed in any proceeding, be it criminal or civil, administrative or judicial, investigatory or adjudicatory”
holding that due process requires reasonably particular notice in juvenile cases
holding that the Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights 10 apply to children.

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Judges: Fortas, Black, White, Hablan, Stewart

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