37-1-127 - Basic rights at hearing.
37-1-127. Basic rights at hearing.
(a) A party is entitled to the opportunity to introduce evidence and otherwise be heard in the party's own behalf and to cross-examine adverse witnesses.
(b) A child charged with a delinquent act need not be a witness against self-interest or otherwise engage in self-incrimination.
(c) An extra-judicial statement, if obtained in the course of violation of this part or that would be constitutionally inadmissible in a criminal proceeding, shall not be used against the child.
(d) Evidence illegally seized or obtained shall not be received over objection to establish the allegations made against the child.
(e) A confession validly made by a child out of court is insufficient to support an adjudication of delinquency unless it is corroborated in whole or in part by other evidence.
[Acts 1970, ch. 600, § 27; T.C.A., § 37-227.]