116 Mich. App. 507 - People v. Schomaker’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “It was the possibility of these criminal penalties and not the fact that the proceedings were labelled ‘criminal’ instead of ‘civil’ that concerned us. As the United States Supreme Court found in In re Gault ..., when deciding whether the Fifth Amendment guarantee against compelled self-incrimination was applicable in juvenile proceedings labelled ‘civil,’ where the ultimate result might be incarceration the label placed on the proceeding is of no constitutional significance. Thus any proceeding which could result in a deprivation of an individual’s liberty is to be afforded constitutional safeguards.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 669 F. Supp. 801 - McKinstry v. Genesee County Circuit Judges