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The facts, issues and court holding about the In re Gault case is that a 15 year old boy by the name of Gerald Gault (Jerry). Jerry was accused of making foul telephone call to one of his neighbors. This took place on June 8, 1964. Jerry and one of his by the name of Ronald Lewis was taken to a detention home and was arrested. Gault had a pervious arrest from stealing a wallet from a woman’s purse, him and another boy. Short time later Gault mother was looking for him and Lewis family told her, her son was arrested. At the time Gerald was picked up, his mother and father were both at work. No notice that Gerald was being taken into custody was left at the home. No other steps were taken to advise them that their son had, in effect, been arrested. …show more content…

The officer that arrest Gault filed a petition the same exact day of his court hearing. Nor Gault or his parents knew anything about this. It was two months later the day of Gault habeas corpus hearing on August 17, 1964. On June 9th an informal hearing took place. Mrs. Cook did not show up for court, no recording was made, no transcript, no one was sworn in to testify. The judge question Gault however, there was something not right with his story. Gault was sent back to dentition where he did return home after being in dentition for two or more days. During another trail day the victim still did not appear even asking to be there to see who was making the obscene telephone calls. At this hearing, the probation officers filed a report listing the charge as lewd phone calls. This report was shown r told to Gault or his parents. Gault was sentenced Gault to juvenile detention for six years, until he turned 21. The parents filed a petition but it was later

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