In Re Jones

GRAHAM, Judge.

Appellant contends the court committed error in refusing motion made on his behalf to quash the petition upon which the hearing was conducted and in allowing the petition to be amended. The amendment was made on the day of the hearing but before the hearing commenced.

Juvenile proceedings in this State are not criminal prosecutions and a finding of delinquency in a juvenile proceeding is not synonymous with the conviction of a crime. Nevertheless, a juvenile cited under a petition to appear for an inquiry into his alleged delinquency is entitled to the constitutional safeguards…