Legal Opinion

People ex rel. J.M.J.

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 3, 2007No. 23753PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEIERHENRY, Justice.'

[¶ 1.] In a juvenile proceeding, the trial court adjudicated sixteen-year-old J.M.J. (J.J.) a delinquent child based upon a charge of rape in the first degree. J.J. claims that the adjudication should be reversed because his statements to law enforcement should have been suppressed and because there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of rape in the first degree. Specifically, J.J. claims that the deputy who questioned him about the alleged rape failed to inform him that he could be tried as an adult. -Without this warning, he claims that he could not have made…

2Cases cited33 opinions

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  3. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Miller v. FentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by7 opinions

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