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CORALGRILL2014 · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

Constitutional guarantees, such as the right to counsel, the right to a jury trial, and protection from self-incrimination, are part of which function?

a. crime control
b. due process
c. bureaucratic
d. public protection

Question 2

Discuss at least three other important court decisions ruling on juvenile court procedures. Kent v. United States was the first decision to extend due process rights to children in juvenile courts. This case stipulated that juveniles have a right to

What will be an ideal response?

soda0602 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

o counsel and a hearing in any instance in which the juvenile judge is considering
sending the case to adult court.
In re Winship required that the government prove beyond a reasonable doubt
o that a juvenile had committed an act of delinquency, which raised the burden of
proof from preponderance of the evidence..
Breed v. Jones decided that the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause
o prevented a juvenile from being tried in an adult court for a crime that had already been adjudicated in juvenile court.
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania decided that juveniles did not have a right to a jury
o trial.