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Gerald Gault (15 facts: (Mrs. Cook, the complainant, was not there. (No…
Gerald Gault
15 facts:
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- arresting officer left no notice for them and did not make an effort to inform them of their son’s arrest.
- arresting officer filed a petition with the court
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- Gault had previously been placed on probation.
- none of them saw this petition until the habeas corpus hearing on August 17, 1964.
- Mrs. Cook, the complainant, was not there.
- No transcript or recording was made.
- The Court's decision in Gault established the principle that juvenile courts must observe standard procedures and provide specific protections guaranteed by the Constitution.
- Court acknowledged limits on the state's power to justify the regulation of juveniles
- a juvenile risked losing his or her liberty for several years.
- Juvenile justice was seen as reform rather than as criminal punishment
- judge committed Gault to the Arizona State Industrial School
- Gault was not offered the same procedural protections to which he would have been entitled had he been tried in an adult criminal court
Why?
Accused of making an obscene telephone call to a neighbor, Mrs. Cook
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Who?
Gerald Gault, Ronald Lewis and Mrs.Cook
Gerald Gault Now
Now nearly 60, Gerry Gault talked about his arrest and how he was unable to contact his parents.
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- The Court did not render an opinion regarding the key questions of whether a state must grant a juvenile a right to appeal a finding of delinquency or whether the state must provide an account of the court hearing.
