Commonwealth v. Ferguson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barbieri,

The only question for our consideration on this appeal is whether or not a statement given by appellant to the police was improperly admitted at trial because of the failure of the police to give appellant the Miranda * warnings during one of the phases of the interrogation process. We hold that, under the circumstances of this case, appellant’s statement was properly admitted at trial.

Appellant, then sixteen years old, was arz’ested on May 30, 1969, at 7:50 A.M. by a Detective Alexander who, ten minutes later, gave appellant the Miranda warnings. Detective…