Legal Opinion

In re J. F. T.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 4, 1974No. 7475PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal from a delinquency proceeding presents primarily the question whether the delinquent’s custodial confession to a burglary, larceny, and malicious destruction of property was properly admitted into evidence. The motion to suppress that confession was oral and imprecise. From the pretrial hearing record it is apparent that the motion was based on assertions that “the statement was [not] voluntarily given, and that the respondent [did not] knowingly waive his right, to counsel.” During the hearing, the only other more particular assertion to surface was that…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Walter L. Harling v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
  3. Louis West v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  4. United States v. Eugene E. ThweattCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  5. Boone v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Nichols v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Taylor v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. In re W.B.W.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Moore v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Zellers v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996

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