State ex. rel. Q.N.

This case implicates the rules governing juvenile confessions set forth in State v. Presha, 163 N.J. 304, 748 A.2d 1108 (2000). The courts below concluded that the police had violated those rules when interviewing the juvenile in this case, requiring suppression of his statements. We disagree and reverse.

I

We derive our summary of facts from proofs presented at the suppression hearing conducted by the trial court. On January 17, 2002, a detective from a municipal police department in Gloucester County contacted R.N., the mother of Q.N. The police suspected Q.N., a juvenile who was then age…