Court Opinion

ID: 9767247
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:13:55.585767+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:29.738025
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SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION
STEINFELD, Judge.
I agree that Dryden (White) is entitled to a trial de novo in the circuit court. He was accused of an offense, the equivalent of the commission of a crime, therefore, he is entitled in that court to have a jury determine his guilt or innocence, and if he is to lose his freedom. Article III, Sec. II and the 6th Amendment United States Constitution, Sec. 11 Kentucky Constitution. I so construe In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1428 (1967). See Peyton v. Nord, 78 N.M. 717, 437 P.2d 716, 723 (1968).
Proceedings in juvenile court are administrative. I concur with the majority opinion in holding that a jury trial is not required in the juvenile court so long as the right to appeal is preserved.1
I do not. reach any conclusion as to a minor brought before the juvenile court on charges other than for the commission of crime or for a petty offense. That issue is not before us. If it were there would be other considerations and arguments.

. See Standards Relating to Trial by Jury. Tentative Draft, May 1968, Institute of Judicial Administration; and A Constructive Response for Juvenile Courts, Weinstein & Goodman; 53 American Bar Association Journal 257.