Legal Opinion
In Re Harold S.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 9, 1999No. 98-139-AppealPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
When a school principal questions a student about his or her possible involvement in alleged misconduct on school property that may amount to a violation of a criminal statute, must Miranda 1 warnings be given to the student? In the circumstances presented by this case, we hold that no such admonitions need be communicated.
The respondent, Harold S., a juvenile born on April 7, 1984, appeals from a Family Court adjudication of waywardness based upon his assault and battery of a fellow student (victim) at Frank E. Thompson Middle School in Newport, Rhode Island (Thompson Middle School).…
3Cases cited9 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. BordnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. SnyderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. KillitzCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1982
- State v. BiancamanoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1995
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4Cited by10 opinions
- S.E. Ex Rel. A.E. v. Grant County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- In re V.P.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2001
- J.D. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
- State v. PittsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
- In Re RHSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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