(back
left to right) Taylor Fullman, Stephon Young, Gregory Shannon, Andre Smith; (front
left to right) Ciani Hodges, Alexis Lombard, and Daja Naylor (dsbpix)
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This year’s Law Day exercises were stepped up a notch
with the help of the Honorable Nathaniel C. Nichols of the Delaware County Court
of Common Pleas. Judge Nichols has been a staple in presiding over the event in
which Chester students argue a moot case. Judge Nichols along with the
Associate Professor of Widener Law School Andre Smith, Law Students Taylor Fullman
and Stephon Young assisted students Alexis Lombard and Daja Naylor from Chester
High School and Ciani Hodges from Archbishop Carroll High School in preparing
for the Case of J.D.B v North Carolina.
The case involved a special education student who
was taken from his classroom to a conference room where he was interviewed by a
police juvenile investigator and three school personnel about neighborhood
burglaries for which he was a suspect. The argument for counsels Lombard and
Naylor and for the opposing counsel Hodges, the student was not offered his
Miranda warnings or given the opportunity to speak to his guardian or told he
was free to leave. “The lower court had held that JDB was not in custody and
Miranda warnings were not required.” The court also held that his age was not
relevant in determining the outcome of the case.
Law Day exercises were concluded by the awesome
musical selections of the Chester High School choir. The Old Court House in
Chester was built in 1724. Judge Nichols pleaded for help to restore and
preserve the historic site.
Law Day is supported by the Chester Community
Improvement Project and the E. Wallace Chadwick Foundation.
Law Day was also covered by the Delcotimes. Click Here to read the article
By Rick Kauffman, Law Day: Chester Upland
students ‘try’ their best in court
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