Juvenile COurt Proceedings and Forfeiture Actions

Question 1

Right to trial by jury

Answer 1

No right in delinquency proceedings.

Question 2

Double Jeopardy

Answer 2

If juv court adjudicates a child a delinquent, jeopardy has attatched. Cna’t be tried as an adult for the same behavior.

Question 3

8A Excessive Fines CLause

Answer 3

Excessive FInes clause of 8A applies only to fines imposed as punishment. NOT civil fines.

Thus, penal forfeitures are subject to clause. But civil ones aren’t.

Question 4

Minors and Life Sentences

Answer 4

For non-homicidal offenses, sentencing a juvenille to life without parole is a violaiton of the 8th amendment