Legal Opinion
State ex rel. P.M.P.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided December 1, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LIHOTZ, J.A.D.
The threshold question posed on appeal asks whether a juvenile delinquency complaint, filed at the direction of a county prosecutor’s office, is the substantial equivalent of an indictment such that it initiates a formal adversarial proceeding and triggers a juvenile’s right to counsel. The trial court extended the protections of State v. Sanchez, 129 N.J. 261, 277, 609 A.2d 400 (1992), to juvenile proceedings, concluding the right to counsel afforded a juvenile charged with delinquency attached when the prosecutor’s office filed a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- New Jersey v. T. L. O.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Rothgery v. Gillespie CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- State v. PreshaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2000
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- State of New Jersey in the Interest of A.C.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2012
- State Ex Rel. PmpSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2009
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