Opinion ID: 1092244
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Required disclosure in delinquency cases to child.

Text: (1) After the filing of a petition alleging a child to be delinquent and prior to the adjudicatory hearing, the petitioner shall disclose to the child or his counsel upon written demand within five (5) days, and permit him to inspect, copy, test, and photograph the following information and material within the petitioner's possession or control: (i) The names and addresses of all persons known to the petitioner to have information which may be relevant to the allegations or to any defense with respect thereto. (ii) The statement of any person whose name is furnished in compliance with the preceding paragraph. The term statement as used herein means a written statement made by said person and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by him, or a stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other recording, or a transcript thereof, or which is a substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement made by said person to an officer or agent of the state and recorded contemporaneously with the making of such oral statement. The court shall prohibit the petitioner from introducing in evidence the material not disclosed, so as to secure and maintain fairness in the just determination of the cause. (iii) Any written or recorded statement and the substance of any oral statements made by the child and known to the petitioner, together with the name and address of each witness to the statement. (iv) Any written or recorded statements, and the substance of any oral statements, made by a co-defendant if the hearing is to be a joint one. (v) Those portions of recorded grand jury minutes that contain testimony of the child. (vi) Any tangible papers or objects which were obtained from or belonged to the child. (vii) Whether the petitioner has any material or information which has been provided by a confidential informant. (viii) Whether there has been any electronic surveillance, including wiretapping, of the premises of the child, or of conversations to which the child was a party; and any documents relating thereto. (ix) Whether there has been any search or seizure and any document relating thereto. (x) Reports or statements of experts made in connection with the particular case, including results of physical or mental examinations and of scientific tests, experiments or comparisons. (xi) Any tangible papers or objects which the petitioner intends to use in the hearing and which were not obtained from or belonged to the child. (2) As soon as practicable after the filing of the petition the petitioner shall disclose to the child any material information within the state's possession or control which tends to negate the guilt of the child as to the petition's allegations. (3) The petitioner shall perform the foregoing obligations in any manner mutually agreeable to him and the child or as ordered by the court. (4) Upon showing of materiality to the preparation of the defense, the court may require such other discovery to the child as justice may require.