B.L. v. State

BASKIN, Judge.

B.L. appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress his confession. We reverse.

After interviewing the five-year-old victim of an alleged sexual battery, the police contacted B.L.’s mother and scheduled an interview with thirteen-year-old B.L. His mother told the officers she wished to be present during the interview; nevertheless, the officers arrived an hour and a half late, after B.L.’s mother had left for work, and proceeded with B.L.’s interview despite his mother’s absence. The officers did not advise B.L. of his Miranda * rights even though he was their “sole…