Question

TWhat 1967 supreme court ruling held that juveniles accused of delinquent acts have many of the same rights afforded to adults under the 6th and 14th amendments?

Answer 1

Answer:

In re Gault 387 U.S. 1 (1967)

Explanation:

In this, was the case of Gerald Gault, a fifteen year old boy, who was accused by his neighbor, Mrs Cook, to have made inappropriate phone calls to her in June 1964.  

When the woman filed the a compliant at the court, young Gault and his friend, Ronald, were arrested and remanded at the detention home for children in Arizona. When Mrs Gault, the mother of Gerald came to the detention home to see her son, she was informed of the issue for the first time and was also told of the hearing that would be coming up.  

The probation officers agreed and filed a case that listed the charge as lewd phone call. The judge committed Gault to juvenile detention until he gets to the age of 21. Writ of habeas corpus was filed by the parents of Gerald but the courts in Arizona dismissed it. Supreme court ruling held that juveniles accused of delinquent acts have many of the same rights afforded to adults under the 6th and 14th amendments .