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Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Juvenile Law Center, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords right to trial by jury; juvenile ajudications; fact finding; sentence enhancements(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents
Keywords interrogations; child; minor; search and seizure; special needs search and seizure; exigent circumstances; school searches; probable cause; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); questioning; consent(2010)
Brief of Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Qu’eed Batts
Keywords juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; international law; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; murder; Graham(2010)
Motion of Juvenile Law Center et al. for Leave to File an Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari and Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari
Keywords Miranda warnings; age; Fifth Amendment (U.S.) protections; custody determinations; adolescent vulnerability; adolescent development; questioning minors without an adult; coerced confessions; forced confessions; false confessions(2010)
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords age and experience; totality of circumstances; Miranda custody analysis; custody; interrogation; objective fact; involuntary confessions; reasonable person(2010)
Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miranda custody analysis; age; police officers; Miranda warning; custodial interrogation; involuntary confessions; school; students; free agents; police presence in schools(2010)
Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords age; Miranda custody analysis; developmental differences; peer pressure; immaturity; children(2010)
Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords youth; false confessions; youthful suspects; interrogations(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Fifth Amendment; adolescents; neurological research; coercion; school(2010)
Merit Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Juvenile Law Center, Montgomery County Public Defender, and Children's Law Center, Inc. et al. in Support of Appellant
Keywords delinquent; juveniles; rehabilitation; sex offenses; child-victim offenses; sentencing discretion; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; brain development; adolescent behavior; Roper; juvenile sex offender; juvenile court discretion; child offenders(2009)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center; The Loyola Civitas ChildLaw Center; The Children and Family Justice Center; The Youth Law Center; and The National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of the Respondent-Appellant
Keywords delinquency proceeding; right to counsel; children; guardians ad litem; ineffective assistance of counsel; adult prosecution; minor(2009)
Brief of Amici Curiae TeamChild, Commitee for Indigent Representation and Civil Legal Equality, and Children and Family Justice Center
Keywords right to education; truancy proceedings; child; meaningful opportunity to be heard; right to counsel(2009)
Brief of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Neither Party
Keywords adolescent behavior; immaturity; adolescent brain; risk impulsivity; control; regional brain activity; executive control; functional immaturity; structural immaturity(2009)
Brief of Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, et al.
Keywords brain development; prefrontal cortex; juvenile LWOP; trauma; mental health; developmental needs; juvenile offenders; unique attributes of youth(2009)
Brief of Disability Rights Legal Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords disabilities; disproportionate sentences; reduced culpability; juvenile LWOP; non-homicide; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; lesser blameworthiness(2009)