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IN RE CREEK

No. 4320.

243 A.2d 49 (1968)

In the Matter of Enoch CREEK, Jr.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Michael Olmstead, Washington, D. C., for Enoch Creek, Jr.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and MYERS and KELLY, Associate Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge:

In Application of Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1428, 18 L.Ed.2d 527 (1967), the United States Supreme Court held that "juvenile proceedings to determine `delinquency,' which may lead to commitment to a state institution, must be regarded as `criminal' for purposes of the privilege against self-incrimination." 387 U.S. at 49, 87 S.Ct. at 1455. The Court further ruled "that the constitutional privilege against self...

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