Supreme Court of South Carolina· 7/16/2014

In re Stephen W.

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409 S.C. 73
761 S.E.2d 231
2014 WL 3461568
2014 S.C. LEXIS 260

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holding juveniles are not constitutionally entitled to a jury trial in adjudication proceedings under the United States Constitution (citing McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, 403 U.S. 528, 530-57 (1971))
explaining the \important distinctions\ between the family court juvenile adjudication process and the traditional criminal justice process and holding that neither the federal nor the state constitution entitles juveniles to a jury trial in family court adjudication proceedings
\The party challenging the constitutionality of the statute has the burden of proving the statute unconstitutional.\ (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)
discussing the doctrine of parens patriae and the Children’s Code

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Judges: Beatty, Hearn, Kittredge, Pleicones, Toal

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