Legal Opinion

Matter of VWB

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided June 28, 1983No. J-83-1Published

1Opinion of the Court

665 P.2d 1222 (1983)

In the Matter of V.W.B.

No. J-83-1.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

June 28, 1983.

Russell P. Hass, Denise Johnson, Asst. Public Defenders, Tulsa, for appellant.

David L. Moss, Dist. Atty., James W. Keeley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tulsa, for appellee.

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The decisive issue in this case is whether notice of the possibility of adult prosecution is a constitutional pre-requisite to the admissibility of a juvenile's confession. We hold that it is not.

Appellant, V.W.B., was a child seventeen (17) years of age at the time the alleged offense of Robbery by Force…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Swisher v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Walter L. Harling v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
  5. State v. StewartNebraska Supreme Court · 1977

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