Legal Opinion
In re J.M.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 30, 1992No. 90-FS-183PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion
ON REHEARING EN BANC
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
On reconsideration by the court en banc, we have decided to remand this case for explicit findings by the trial judge with respect to the key factual issue presented, namely, the bearing of appellant’s age— fourteen at the time of his arrest — upon the voluntariness of his consent to the search of his person.
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Appellant was adjudicated delinquent based upon a finding that he had possessed cocaine with intent to distribute it (D.C.Code § 33-541(a) (1988)). Prior to trial, he moved to suppress the cocaine on grounds that it had been seized from him in…
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