(DOWNLOAD) "Woodley v. State Indiana" by 461 Supreme Court of Indiana No. 28 # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Woodley v. State Indiana
- Author : 461 Supreme Court of Indiana No. 28
- Release Date : January 16, 1949
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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The appellant was found guilty by a jury of rape, and after the overruling of the motion for new trial, was sentenced by the court to be imprisoned for a term not less than two nor more than twenty-one years, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted. The errors presented by appellant's brief are the rulings of the trial court in permitting the state to cross-examine appellant concerning delinquency charges against him, and the Disposition of the juvenile court concerning such charges. When a child is brought before the juvenile court charged with being delinquent, dependent or neglected, the proceedings are not public. Section 9-3215, Burns' 1942 Replacement (1947 Supp.) (Acts 1945, ch. 356, § 15, p. 1724), provides that ""The Disposition of a child or any evidence given in the court shall not be admissible as evidence against the child in any case or proceeding in any other court . . . ."" The wisdom of such policy for the broad exclusion of evidence which would be otherwise admissible in other proceedings has been seriously questioned. Wigmore, Evidence, § 196(c), § 1040(6) (3rd Ed.). But this policy of exclusion is one for legislative determination, and we are not at liberty to write a new statute.