M. A. v. State

The trial court adjudicated M.A. a juvenile delinquent upon finding him guilty of second degree murder. At the beginning of the adjudicatory hearing, the court denied M.A.’s motion for a separate hearing on the voluntariness of a confession. M.A. contends this was a denial of due process of law. We affirm.

The state filed a petition praying that M.A. be adjudged a juvenile delinquent because he had strangled a young companion. Due to habeas corpus proceedings in this court, the trial court had to schedule the adjudicatory hearing on very short notice.

At the commencement of the hearing, M.A.…