Legal Opinion
In the Interest of R. J. C.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 16, 1993No. A93A1189PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Presiding Judge.
The State appeals the trial court’s grant of a juvenile’s motion to suppress statements made by him to police. OCGA § 5-7-1 (4).
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department Detectives Johanson and Kattaron, and Lieutenant Keenum, appeared at the 14-year-old’s house at approximately 1:3Q to 2:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning, seeking to question him in their investigation of a burglary and arson after a midnight residential fire elsewhere. The two detectives went to the door, and their knock was answered by the child’s stepfather, who had been drinking. The detectives said they…
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