In Re the Welfare of D.B.X.

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

D.B.X. was adjudicated delinquent for theft of a motor vehicle after he confessed to the crime during a police interrogation. He argues that he did not voluntarily waive his Miranda rights following the warning police gave him during his interrogation and that his later confession was not voluntary because he was subjected to a variety of coercive and improper police threats and promises. The district court concluded that the Miranda warning and waiver were adequate and that the confession was voluntary. We reverse.

FACTS

In the early morning hours of September 28, 1999,…