Doe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “A. first to provide for the care, protection and wholesome mental and physical development of children coming within the provisions of the Children's Code and then to preserve the unity of the family whenever possible * * *. B. consistent with the protection of the public interest, to remove from children committing delinquent acts the adult consequences of criminal behavior, but to still hold children committing delinquent acts accountable for their actions to the extent of the child's age, education, mental and physical condition, background and all other relevant factors, and to provide a program of supervision, care and rehabilitation * * *[.] * * * * * * E. to provide judicial and other procedures through which the provisions of the Children's Code are executed and enforced and in which the parties are assured a fair hearing and their constitutional and other legal rights are recognized and enforced[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jonathan M.

2. “[n]otwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no confessions, statements or admissions may be introduced against a child under the age of fifteen years prior to an adjudication on the allegations of the petition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jonathan M.

3. “the state must prove that the statement or confession offered in evidence was elicited only after a knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver of the child's constitutional rights was obtained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jonathan M.