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IN RE WINSHIP

No. 778.

397 U.S. 358 (1970)

IN RE WINSHIP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rena K. Uviller argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs was William E. Hellerstein.

Stanley Buchsbaum argued the cause for the City of New York, appellee. With him on the brief was J. Lee Rankin.

Marie S. Klooz filed a brief for the Neighborhood Legal Services Program of Washington, D. C., et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, pro se, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Marie L. Marcus, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the Attorney General of New York as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Constitutional questions decided by this Court concerning the juvenile process have centered on the adjudicatory stage at "which a determination is made as to whether a juvenile is a `delinquent' as a result of alleged misconduct on his part, with the consequence that he may be committed to a state institution." In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1...

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