Powell v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J.:

Appellant was seventeen years of age when he was charged, on March 3, 1966, with burglary, carrying a concealed weapon and the violation of curfew. Thereafter, while he was free on a return agreement, he was arrested on another charge of burglary.

When the appellant appeared in Juvenile Court, on March 31, 1966, with his parents, to answer a petition which had been filed March 14, 1966, he was not represented by counsel, nor was he advised that he had a right to be represented by an attorney. The record indicates that the purpose for the hearing was to consider…