Where a juvenile argued that the juvenile court violated his due process rights when it accepted his admission of the charges alleged, the juvenile’s equivocal answers and mental health issues did not make his plea involuntary where the court ensured ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Aug. 21 upheld the sentence of life with a chance of parole for a man who claimed his punishment for first-degree murder committed when he was a juvenile violated the ex post ...

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In the Interest of D.M. (MLW No. 63726/ED97662– 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Ahrens, J.)

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In the Interest of: T.B. (MLW No. 62904/Case No. ED96283 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Romines, J.)

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Several justices of the U.S. Supreme Court expressed a reluctance to strike down sentences of life without parole for juveniles as unconstitutionally cruel and unusual Monday. At oral arguments in two cases arising from Florida, where the vast majority of ...

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Where a juvenile was placed on probation for exposing his genitals to a girl at high school, the juvenile court did not err in excluding testimony from the victim and a witness about the victim’s interest in sex or credibility ...

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