Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 5/17/1979
State v. Berard
Citations
- 401 A.2d 448
- 121 R.I. 551
- 1979 R.I. LEXIS 1870
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing Family Court may decline jurisdiction as provided by Legislature's automatic waiver
- upholding statute which allowed the prosecutor, without hearing, discretion to prosecute certain classification of juveniles in adult court
- upholding the authority of the legislature to exclude certain age groups from the coverage of the juvenile delinquency laws
- respecting Legislature's ability to determine that certain individuals expected to be less promising prospects for treatments
- Rhode Island statute that excluded from Family Court jurisdiction certain juveniles based on their charges and record was not unconstitutional for failure to provide due process hearing
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Judges: Bevilacqua, Joslin, Kelleher, Doris, Weisberger
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. BellUtah Supreme Court· 1989-11-28· cited 60×
- State v. MastracchioSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-07-28· cited 44×
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1982-12-06· cited 25×
- State in Interest of NHBCourt of Appeals of Utah· 1989-06-30· cited 20×
- In Re OdellSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1996-03-19· cited 18×
- In Re MichaelSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-01-08· cited 17×
- State in Interest of ALNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1994-02-28· cited 14×
- In Re Bernard H.Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-04-28· cited 10×
- In Re Richard P.Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-09-30· cited 7×
- Nao v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 1998-02-06· cited 5×
- State v. DoeSuperior Court of Rhode Island· 2008-02-05
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 5,926×
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court· 1967-05-15· cited 5,473×
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1966-03-22· cited 2,202×
- Marshall v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1974-01-09· cited 293×
- United States v. Jerome T. BlandD.C. Circuit· 1973-06-19· cited 97×
- Earl French Cox, Jr. v. United StatesFourth Circuit· 1973-01-29· cited 79×
- Wayne Woodard v. Louis L. Wainwright, Eddie Bell v. Louis L. Wainwright, Secretary of Department of Offender RehabilitationFifth Circuit· 1977-07-29· cited 65×
- United States v. Eddie Garcia QuinonesFirst Circuit· 1975-04-18· cited 54×
- Berberian v. LussierSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1958-03-26· cited 31×
- Elfbrandt v. RussellSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 24×
- Patrick Ronald Russell v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexEighth Circuit· 1976-10-28· cited 21×
- In Re CorreiaSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-06-27· cited 19×
- Imperial Car Rental Corp. v. LussierSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1964-01-13· cited 12×
- State v. SherkSupreme Court of Kansas· 1975-07-17· cited 7×
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