Commonwealth v. Bazemore

BY JUDGE LYDIA CALVERT TAYLOR

This case came before the court on June 17,1998, on defendant’s motion to suppress his statement to police as involuntary and impermissible, largely due to his parents’ absence during questioning. This court finds that the defendant’s statement was voluntary and not in violation of defendant’s constitutional rights. Therefore, this court denies defendant’s motion to suppress.

*179 Facts

The testimony established that defendant was just six weeks short of eighteen and had had a limited earlier contact with police after he was detained for a curfew violation. Although…