McIntyre v. State

*609MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves a fifteen-year-old juvenile who, following his arrest for rape, and after several requests to see his mother were denied, executed a written waiver of Miranda 1 rights and gave the police a statement pertaining to the alleged crime. The question presented is whether, in the circumstances, the juvenile’s purported Miranda waiver was knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily made and if so, whether the ensuing statement, which was admitted into evidence at the trial, was voluntary in the traditional sense.

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Patrick McIntyre, a fifteen-year-old tenth-grade…