Admissibility of Wallace W. hearing determination in other delinquency proceedings

Juvenile Court Rules for First Offense Determinations and Hearings

Rule: 8

Jurisdiction: MA

Bluebook Citation: Mass. Juv. Ct. R. (First Offense) 8

Where a delinquency matter has been the subject of a prior Wallace W. hearing that reached a ruling on the merits, if the same delinquency matter serves as the basis of a subsequent Wallace W. hearing, a judge is not compelled to revisit the previous ruling and hold a new Wallace W. hearing unless the judge finds that to revisit it would be in the interest of substantial justice.

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