Commonwealth v. Clark C.

Beck,

J. A Juvenile Court judge suppressed “all statements” a juvenile made to Larry Brown, a Springfield police lieutenant. In its interlocutory appeal, see Mass.R.Crim.P. 15(a)(2), as appearing in 422 Mass. 1501 (1996), the Commonwealth claims that none of the three “categories” of statements at issue here constituted custodial interrogation and therefore should not have been suppressed. We reverse the judge’s findings as to the first two statements and affirm as to the third.

Governing legal principles. “Miranda safeguards come into play whenever a person in custody is subjected to either…