In the Interest of D.S.

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this discretionary appeal, we consider whether 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4914, which prohibits a person from furnishing false identification to law enforcement authorities, requires proof that those law enforcement authorities first identified themselves to the person and advised the person that he was the subject of an official investigation for a violation of law. Upon review, we answer this question in the affirmative. Accordingly, we reverse the Superior Court’s decision, which affirmed the juvenile court’s adjudication of delinquency.

The record in the instant case reveals…