CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Jurisdictional Hearing
.........Accomplice Testimony
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Testimony of accomplice need not be corroborated in juvenile delinquency proceedings.

Repudiated extrajudicial statements of accomplice insufficient to sustain juvenile delinquency petition.

As subsequent petition sustained based solely on accomplice's testimony, which didn't have to be corroborated, jurisdict'l order affirmed; 30 years and changes in juvenile law require Mitchell P. be reevaluated.