In Re Creek

MYERS, Associate Judge:

In Application of Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1428, 18 L.Ed.2d 527 (1967), the United States Supreme Court held that “juvenile proceedings to determine ‘delinquency,’ which may lead to commitment to a state institution, must be regarded as ‘criminal’ for purposes of the privilege against self-incrimination.” 387 U.S. at 49, 87 S.Ct. at 1455. The Court further ruled “that the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination is applicable in the case of juveniles as it is with respect to adults.” 387 U.S. at 55, 87 S.Ct. at 1458. Earlier, in Miranda v. State of…