Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Reynolds
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1993No. CC 9100157CF; CA A72480; SC S39829PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Hoomissen, J.
The issue in this case is whether the jurisdictional phase of a juvenile proceeding under ORS 419.476(l)(a) (“delinquency proceeding”) is a “criminal prosecution” within the meaning of Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution. For the reasons that follow, we hold that it is not.
A petition was filed in juvenile court in March 1991 alleging that the child, then 13, had done acts that, if done by an adult, would constitute sodomy in the first degree, ORS 163.405, a Class A felony; sexual abuse in the first degree, ORS 163.425, a Class B felony; and furnishing obscene materials to…
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