J. A. C. v. State

Clark, Judge.

To what extent may a juvenile court judge direct and participate in the proceedings of a delinquency trial? That is the unique question presented by this appeal in which counsel representing four boys ruled delinquent for vandalism of school property objected to the trial "based upon the fact that there is no prosecutor in this court; that as a matter of law, the judge cannot act as both questioner and prosecutor and also as judge.” (T. 26). Other enumerations question the validity of alleged confessions and sufficiency of the evidence in corroboration thereof.

1. What should be…