Abstract
The factfinding or adjudicatory phase of juvenile law involves the critical determination of whether a juvenile is a delinquent or an incorrigible "as a result of alleged misconduct on his part." Since In re Gault, much attention has focused on this stage of juvenile proceedings. Once considered noncriminal in nature, adjudication now resembles the criminal trial in many respects. Remnants of the pre-Gault "civil" label remain, however, and throughout the proceedings difficulties caused by this civil-criminal mixture are apparent.
This examination of juvenile adjucations will include discussion of the petition and the role of discovery in the juvenile court, the rights of the juvenile, and the procedure of the contested and uncontested hearings.
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16 Ariz. L. Rev. 325 (1974)
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