Court Opinion

ID: 9616746
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:49:27.832647+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:00.950338
License: Public Domain

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. Subsequent to the filing of our opinion in the above case, the decision of the United States Supreme Court in In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1428, 18 L.Ed.2d 527 (1967) has been issued. We extended the time within which a motion and briefs on rehearing might be filed, in order that the Gault decision could be considered by us. A motion and briefs were filed and have been carefully considered. Nothing decided in the Gault case requires us to alter our conclusion heretofore reached in this case. The Gault case involved the question of the applicability of the constitutional guaranties of (1) adequate notice, (2) right to counsel, and (3) privilege against self-incrimination in proceedings for the purpose of determining delinquency, which might result in commitment to an institution in which the juvenile’s freedom is curtailed. As stated by the court in its opinion: “We conclude that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that in respect of proceedings to determine delinquency which may result in commitment to an institution in which the juvenile’s freedom is curtailed, the child and his parent must be notified of the child’s right to' be represented by counsel retained by them, or if they are unable to afford counsel, that counsel will be appointed to represent the child.”' As pointed out in our opinion in the present case, this was a criminal proceeding and defendant was accorded all the rights to which anyone charged with a crime in New Mexico is entitled. The Motion for Rehearing is denied. CHAVEZ, C. J., and MOISE, J., concur.