Legal Opinion
In re Manuel B.
New York City Family Court
Decided August 5, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Stephen J. Bogacz, J.
In May 1979, the Kings County Family Court considered what was then a case of first impression. The police had arrested a 16-year-old youth and questioned him about acts he had allegedly committed before his 16th birthday. During this custodial interrogation, the police did not follow the set of procedural safeguards then embodied in article 7 of the Family Court Act. The trial court (Deutsch, J.) upheld the police questioning and denied the respondent’s motion to suppress his ensuing inculpatory statement. (Matter of Jimmy T., 99 Misc 2d 623 [Fam Ct,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. KernNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. BevilacquaNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. SalaamNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. Stephen J. B.New York Court of Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Christopher QQ.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Matter of Manuel B.New York Family Court, Queens County · 2004