A Juvenile's Right Against Compelled Self-Incrimination at Predisposition Proceedings

Authors

Renée M. Willette

Abstract

State courts have struggled to balance the tensions between the juvenile justice system and a juvenile's constitutional rights at post-adjudicatory predisposition proceedings. Washington courts do not provide a clear standard for protecting a juvenile's rights at these proceedings. This Comment examines the punitive nature of Washington's juvenile justice system and argues that the right against self-incrimination should attach at juvenile predisposition proceedings. It also argues that a grant of use and derivative use immunity at such proceedings provides optimal protection for juvenile rights because it safeguards a juvenile's rights while fostering the treatment component of the Juvenile Justice Act.

First Page

305

Recommended Citation

Renée M. Willette, Notes and Comments, A Juvenile's Right Against Compelled Self-Incrimination at Predisposition Proceedings, 69 Wash. L. Rev. 305 (1994).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wlr/vol69/iss1/13