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15 May 2017, 2:02 pm by Katharina Hering
50 years ago today, on May 15, 1967, Supreme Court Associate Justice Abe Fortas delivered the landmark United States Supreme Court opinion in Application of Paul and Marjorie Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), which held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults, such as the right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, and the right against forced self-incrimination, and the right to… [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 9:10 am by Harold O'Grady
Lewis is best known for her involvement in the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case, In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), which brought due process to juvenile courts across the nation. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 11:19 am by Jamison Koehler
  Included on that small and exclusive list should be a case I had to re-read recently to prepare myself to take on juvenile cases:  In Re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967). [read post]
14 May 2007, 2:52 pm
Washington is in the minority of states that do not provide legal counsel to all children in abuse and neglect proceedings, Seattle P-I, May 11, 2007.By the way, May 15 is the 40th anniversary of In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, Findlaw (1967), the landmark case that gave juveniles accused of crimes the same right to counsel enjoyed by adults. [read post]
5 Dec 2017, 4:00 am by John Rubin
This year, juvenile justice stakeholders around the country celebrated the 50th anniversary of In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), the United States Supreme Court decision that transformed practice in juvenile delinquency cases. [read post]
27 May 2011, 8:17 am by Jeff Gamso
Ninham makes clear that nobody made that argument.Ninham does not argue that sentencing a 14-year-old to life imprisonment without parole was considered cruel and unusual at the time the Bill of Rights was adopted.But Justice Ziegler's majority opinion addresses the question anyway.At common law, children ages seven and older were subjected to the same arrest, trial, and punishment as adult offenders, In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 16 (1967), which means… [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 1:09 pm by Terry Lenamon
Supreme Court would take review of a number of other right to counsel situations, and continue widening its application to (1) children in juvenile delinquency proceedings (In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967))and (2) indigent defendants facing misdemeanor charges in state courts that involved possible loss of freedom (jail time) (Argersinger v. [read post]
23 Jan 2010, 1:25 pm by Terry Lenamon
 They have only been exacerbated by continuing judicial expansion of the constitutional right to counsel for the indigent defendant, e.g., to include juveniles (In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 1967); those charged with misdemeanor crimes that carry jail sentences (Argersinger v. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 8:55 am by bvertz
[1] The Court noted analogous, but not controlling, decisions in civil cases involving juvenile delinquency, In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967); involuntary hospitalization of inmates, Vitek v. [read post]
23 Feb 2021, 9:19 am by Jacquelyn Greene
These changes reflected the evolving jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court, which acknowledged a range of due process rights for juveniles in delinquency proceedings beginning with the landmark decision in In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967). [read post]
30 Aug 2016, 8:23 am by MBettman
In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967) (“[N]either the Fourteenth Amendment nor the Bill of Rights is for adults alone. [read post]
7 Jan 2017, 8:26 am by MBettman
”) In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967) (“[N]either the Fourteenth Amendment nor the Bill of Rights is for adults alone. [read post]
23 Jul 2018, 6:56 am by MBettman
”) In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967) (“If counsel was not present for some permissible reason when an admission was obtained, the greatest care must be taken to assure that the admission was voluntary, in the sense not only that it was not coerced or suggested, but also that it was not the product of ignorance of rights or of adolescent fantasy, fright or despair. [read post]
14 Aug 2018, 6:46 am by MBettman
”) In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967) (“If counsel was not present for some permissible reason when an admission was obtained, the greatest care must be taken to assure that the admission was voluntary, in the sense not only that it was not coerced or suggested, but also that it was not the product of ignorance of rights or of adolescent fantasy, fright or despair. [read post]