Legal Opinion
John Wayne Kemplen v. State of Maryland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1970No. 13290PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
The primary question presented by this appeal is whether a state may, in enforcing its criminal laws, elect to proceed against a juvenile as if he were an adult without his having counsel at the “waiver hearing” in the juvenile court. We think not, and reverse the decision of the district court denying habeas corpus relief to John Wayne Kemplen.
According to the petition, the petitioner was 17 years old at the time of his arrest on February 17, 1965. The next day he appeared, without counsel, before the Juvenile Court of Harford County, Maryland, for a determination of…
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