In re Delroy S.

The court should have suppressed appellant’s statement on the ground that it was the product of custodial interrogation without Miranda warnings. Under the circumstances, a reasonable 11 year old would not have felt free to leave (see Matter of Ricardo S., 297 AD2d 255 [1st Dept 2002]). Nevertheless, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]). Independent of the statement, which added little to the presentment agency’s case, there was overwhelming evidence that both established appellant’s guilt of the assault and weapon charges and disproved…