243 Pa. Super. 338 - In Re Gardini’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
March 1985
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Holmes' Appeal · 174 Pa. Super. 39 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Saeger v. Dressell · 84 Pa. Super. 224 - Commonwealth v. Ciccone
Most-quoted passages
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““(b) This Act shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate the following purposes: (2) Consistent with the protection of the public interest, to remove from children committing delinquent acts the consequences of criminal behavior, and to substitute thereafter a program of supervision, care and rehabilitation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The proceedings in a [juvenile court] are not in the nature of a criminal trial but constitute merely a civil inquiry or action looking to the treatment, reformation and rehabilitation of the minor child. Their purpose is not penal but protective . . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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