In Re Andre M.

OPINION

McGREGOR, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 We granted review to consider the standard for determining the voluntariness of a juvenile’s confession when a parent has been denied access to her child’s interrogation. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to Article VI, Section 5.3 of the Arizona Constitution and Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) section 12-120.24 (2003).

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¶ 2 On the morning of February 6, 2002, Andre M., then sixteen and one-half years old, was sent to his principal’s office at Pueblo High School in Tucson after a reported fist fight in which Andre allegedly had been involved. Shortly…