State v. Fulton

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The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the juvenile court adjudicating Appellant of the juvenile crime of gross sexual assault. On appeal, Appellant argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the adjudication, that the court deprived him of due process when it denied his motion for production of Department of Health and Human Services records without conducting an in camera review, and that the investigative and adjudicatory processes and the outcome of the case did not comport with the policies of the Juvenile Code. The Supreme Judicial Court disagreed and summarily disposed of Appellant’s essential challenges on appeal. In addition, the court noted that the Legislature may wish to review Me. Rev. Stat. 17-A, 253(1)(C) to consider how the statute “is most effectively and appropriately applied in juvenile cases to achieve the purposes of the Juvenile Code.” View "State v. Fulton" on Justia Law