United States v. William David Hill

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of whether a juvenile under the 1974 amendments to the Juvenile Delinquency Act is entitled to indictment by grand jury and trial by jury under Article III and the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution. Also presented is the question of the degree of formality required in certification of the juvenile for a delinquency proceeding in a district court. 1 We affirm the finding of the district court that the defendant was a juvenile delinquent.

The United States Attorney filed an information against the defendant, William David Hill,…