Court Opinion

ID: 9516562
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 23:45:18.266965+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:40:35.414144
License: Public Domain

CIRILLO, Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion. I have written extensively on the policy reasons for relaxing constitutional protections for juvenile court adjudication. See e.g. In the Interest of Davis, 377 Pa.Super. 46, 546 A.2d 1149 (1988) (Cirillo, P.J., dissenting). To reiterate, juvenile proceedings are unique because the goal is rehabilitation rather than punishment. Id. at 70, 546 A.2d at 1162. The juvenile justice system is best able to attain its goals by relaxing the full panoply of constitutional rights to which an adult would be entitled. The strict application of the suppression remedy for an unlawful search of a juvenile works against the rehabilitative opportunity afforded through juvenile adjudication.
Accordingly, I dissent.