United States v. Juvenile Male 1

OPINION

MARTONE, District Judge.

This is a delinquency proceeding-under 18 U.S.C. §§ 5031-42 in which the juvenile is charged with violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 2241(c), aggravated sexual abuse of a minor on an Indian reservation. The issue is whether the juvenile’s right “to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor” under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to those witnesses who are the custodians of records maintained by school and social service agencies under the control of the Navajo Tribe of Indians. We hold that it does.

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The juvenile in…