People v. D. W. S.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT

delivered the decision of the court and the following opinion:

The minor respondent, D. W. S., was adjudicated a delinquent on July 7, 1980, based on his commission of burglary and theft. Following a dispositional hearing he was placed on probation for a period of 18 months.

On appeal the 16-year-old respondent raises two issues related to the trial court’s admission of his confession as voluntary: whether his right to remain silent was scrupulously honored where the police resumed interrogation of him after his request to cease questioning; and whether he knowingly…