Section 38 ByJuvenileOfficer

LibraryJuvenile Law 2011

For a statement made to a juvenile officer to be admissible in
a juvenile court delinquency proceeding, it must be voluntary, and if it is a custodial statement, it must be preceded by Miranda warnings (Miranda v. Ariz., 384 U.S. 436 (1966)). Rule 126.01. The Supreme Court of Missouri, in In re A.D.R., 603 S.W.2d 575 (Mo. banc 1980), stated that admissibility of a juvenile’s statement taken in the presence of the juvenile officer, State v. Wade, 531 S.W.2d 726 (Mo. banc 1976), is determined from the totality of the circumstances on a case‑by‑case basis, State v. Sinderson, 455 S.W.2d 486, 493–94 (Mo. 1970), and State v. Wright, 515 S.W.2d 421, 430–31 (Mo. banc 1974). In Fare v. Michael C., 442 U.S. 707, 725 (1979), the...

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