IN RE GAULT
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In re Gault SUPREME COURT DECISION A H M E D E L S A Y E D / L U L U G U O In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision which established that under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults such as the right to timely notification of charges, the right to confront witnesses, the right against self-incrimination, and the right to counsel. The court's opinion was written by Justice Abe Fortas, a noted proponent of children's rights. Appellants- Paul L. Gault and Marjorie Gault, parents of Gerald Francis Gault, a minor Appelle- State of Arizona