In re B.T.

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BY

ALLEN, J.:

B.T., allegedly born November 30, 2002, cannot have it both ways. He cannot claim that he was only eight years old1 when the police questioned him on July 1, 2011, thereby avoiding the juvenile court’s jurisdiction, but then argue that he is entitled to the constitutional protections of Miranda, and suppression of the statements he made regarding a majority of the burglaries for which he was adjudicated delinquent.

I fully agree with the Majority decision to affirm the juvenile court’s denial of B.T.’s motion to dismiss. I dissent, however, from…