West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Child Support Enforcement v. Shawn O.

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• concluding that, in a juvenile delinquency adjudication, trial by jury is not a constitutional requirement
• holding that there is no right to a jury trial in a delinquency proceeding under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal Constitution
• holding that there is no right to a jury trial in a delinquency proceeding under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal Constitution
• holding that, despite shortcomings in existing procedures, a jury trial was not constitutionally required in a juvenile court’s adjudicative stage
• holding that juvenile court proceedings are not criminal prosecutions under the Sixth Amendment and the jury trial right does not attach
• holding that juvenile court proceedings are not criminal prosecutions under the Sixth Amendment and the jury trial right does not attach

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