ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case concerns the applicability of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearings conducted by masters.
Mark R., a juvenile, was charged in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City with being a delinquent child. The charge was based on the allegation that Mark stole a box, containing two or three dollars, from the counter of a store owned and operated by Eu Ja...
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