State v. Word

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALFONSO C. SEPE, Circuit Judge.

*183 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO SUPPRESS CONFESSION

THIS CAUSE having come before the Court on the Defendant AFTON HOWARD’S Motion to Suppress his confession to police, and the Court having heard extensive testimony, having considered argument of counsel, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, hereby makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.

The Defendant is a fifteen year old black male juvenile who had completed the seventh grade and had begun the eighth grade at J.R.E. Lee Opportunity School at the time of his arrest…