North Carolina § 7B-2405 - Conduct of the adjudicatory hearing.

§ 7B-2405. Conduct of the adjudicatory hearing.

The adjudicatory hearing shall be a judicial process designed to determine whether the juvenile is undisciplined or delinquent. In the adjudicatory hearing, the court shall protect the following rights of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent, guardian, or custodian to assure due process of law: The right to written notice of the facts alleged in the petition; The right to counsel; The right to confront and cross-examine witnesses; The privilege against self-incrimination; The right of discovery; and All rights afforded adult offenders except the right to bail, the right of self-representation, and the right of trial by jury. History (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6.) Legal Periodicals. - For note on juries in the juvenile justice system, see 48 N.C.L. Rev. 666 (1970). For comment on due process in juvenile proceedings, see 3 N.C. Cent. L.J. 255 (1972). For survey of 1972 case law on the right to counsel for the "undisciplined child," see 51 N.C.L. Rev. 1023 (1973). For article on rights and interests of parent, child, family and state, see 4 Campbell L. Rev. 85 (1981).