A Juvenile v. Commonwealth

RESCRIPT

We acknowledge the amicus brief submitted by the Committee for Public Counsel Services, Youth Advocacy Division and Children and Family Law Division. The juvenile states that the Department of Children and Families (department) does not post bail for juveniles in its custody. Although the juvenile has not provided any definitive support for this assertion, he has provided certain information that suggests this to be true (and the Commonwealth does not specifically disagree). At least for purposes of this appeal, we accept this to be true. We reiterate here a point that we made in…