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Keeping Kids in the Community

In the Interest of W.L.H.

Georgia Supreme Court •
Argued that a child who is wishes to file an appeal through counsel should have the right to do so, regardless of the position of any other party to the proceeding, including a guardian ad litem.
Keeping Kids in the Community

In the Interest of R.L.R.

Florida District Courts of Appeal •

Argued that children in dependency proceedings are entitled to attorneys who owe the same duty of confidentiality to their child-clients as they do to an adult client. 

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Commonwealth v. Cunningham

Pennsylvania Supreme Court •
Argued that Pennsylvania’s mandatory sentencing scheme, which requires any juvenile convicted of first or second degree murder to be sentenced to life without parole, is unconstitutional pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller v. Alabama.
Records

In re R.R.

Pennsylvania Superior Court •

Argued that Section (a)(4) of the Criminal History Records Information Act (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9123(a)(4)) is unconstitutional on its face and as applied to the extent that it permits expungements to be denied solely on the basis of the Commonwealth’s refusal to consent, even in the absence of any evidence proffered by the Commonwealth and when all other statutory criteria are met.

Keeping Kids in the Community

In The Interest of D.M.

Missouri Court of Appeals •
Argued that due process is violated when a judge uses his independent knowledge about a youth’s child welfare history and involvement, including past misconduct, as evidence to adjudicate the youth delinquent in the juvenile justice system.
Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

G.A.W. v. Illinois

U.S. Supreme Court •

Argued that juveniles facing severe, adult-like consequences in the juvenile court system must be afforded the right to jury trials.

Youth Tried as Adults

State v. Brinkley

Georgia Supreme Court •

Argued that failure of the court to address the issue of competency – on its own or otherwise -- violates the due process clause of the United States Constitution as well as Georgia law.