The case study I choose to work with was United States v. Juvenile Male. According to the study the juvenile male, R.P. identified himself as an adult the at the point of arrest. However, that was determined to be incorrect by the dispatcher when the Federal Border Patrol ran his information. R.P.’s date of birth was 1/1/1989. Around 1700 on the November 19, 2006 R.P. was detained for what at that time was believed to be smuggling of aliens into the US. At 0000 on November 20,2006 R.P. was read his Miranda rights. At this point he was then videotaped and interviewed where he acknowledges he was not a citizen of the United States and that he had come over with no documentation allowing him to declare so. He also at this point acknowledge that
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as a Juvenile and the case was then filed through the district court. The government the moved that he was delinquent on all 10 counts. A pretrial was set for January 4, 2007. The defense moved to have the case dismissed due to him being held for more than 30 days without being taken to trial. They were at point told that the proceedings of a speedy trial did not start until the day his juvenile status was proven. The courts been allowed the government to file in the Juvenile Courts. The state of California had relinquished their rights to hold the trials. And at this point R.P. had a misunderstanding of jurisdiction and thought that he would not be tried for this …show more content…
because he was not a citizen of the US. Had this male been the outcome would have been turned over when the child was first discovered to be a juvenile. The thing that I really do not understand about the whole issue is that the dispatcher had informed that arresting officer of the age discrepancy before the Miranda rights were read. From personal experience working in the field I know that people lie about their information to get away with something. It falls back on the arresting officer to have questioned the age difference and to make sure the name and date of birth given was the person in front of
as a Juvenile and the case was then filed through the district court. The government the moved that he was delinquent on all 10 counts. A pretrial was set for January 4, 2007. The defense moved to have the case dismissed due to him being held for more than 30 days without being taken to trial. They were at point told that the proceedings of a speedy trial did not start until the day his juvenile status was proven. The courts been allowed the government to file in the Juvenile Courts. The state of California had relinquished their rights to hold the trials. And at this point R.P. had a misunderstanding of jurisdiction and thought that he would not be tried for this …show more content…
because he was not a citizen of the US. Had this male been the outcome would have been turned over when the child was first discovered to be a juvenile. The thing that I really do not understand about the whole issue is that the dispatcher had informed that arresting officer of the age discrepancy before the Miranda rights were read. From personal experience working in the field I know that people lie about their information to get away with something. It falls back on the arresting officer to have questioned the age difference and to make sure the name and date of birth given was the person in front of