In re Gault

	In 1964, Gerald Gault and one of his friends were taken into custody for telephoning a neighbor and making rude remarks
	Gault's parents were not notified that he had been taken into custody. They were not told the nature of the complaint, nor the identity of the complainant, who didn’t show at the hearing.
	Gault was not represent by counsel. The only evidence against him was statement by himself and a testimony given by a juvenile officer. In Gault's statement he claimed that he made the phone call, but then handed the phone to friend who made the rude comments.
	Mrs. Gault asked that the complainant be present to identify the voice she heard. The judge ruled against her and sent Gault to the State Industrial School until his twenty-first birthday.
	When Gault appealed to the Supreme Court, they ruled that Gault's constitutional rights were violated.
	Juveniles are now guaranteed many of the same procedural rights as adults.