L.G.R. v. State

I respectfully dissent.

This case is reminiscent of old horror stories when an indictment was quashed because it only alleged that the defendant stomped his victim to death but did not include “with his feet” and the indictment held defective when it charged the victim was drowned by the defendant but did not say it was “in water.” I thought our system of justice had advanced further than that, but this case provides no such evidence.

I agree it is in the public interest, as well as constitutionally mandated, that a juvenile be afforded due process in a delinquency proceeding by receiving…