J.Q. v. State

J.Q. appeals an order finding that he committed a delinquent act and withholding adjudication of delinquency. J.Q.’s claim on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his statements. J.Q. contended that when the police detective showed him a baggie of cocaine, this amounted to conducting a custodial interrogation without warning J.Q. of his Miranda rights.1

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, only one witness testified: the detective. The detective testified that he arrested J.Q., handcuffed him, and placed him in his police car. The detective testified that…