State v. Presha

I join in the Court’s determination to sustain the admissibility of the defendant’s confession. This record demonstrates that the juvenile defendant had the benefit of a parent’s presence during the critical period before questioning began and while defendant was read his Miranda rights. Also significant is the fact that defendant’s mother left the room voluntarily. However, I believe that the Court errs when it declines to state unequivocally the consequences in future cases of the deliberate exclusion of parents who have not been present at all during their child’s interrogation, and does…