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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW JUVENILE CAUSES – CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION – RIGHT TO COUNSEL – WHETHER THE CHILD INTERROGATION PROTECTION ACT VIOLATES ANY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF A CHILD TO SUBMIT TO CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL OR OF A PARENT TO CONTROL THEIR CHILD’S DECISIONS DURING INTERROGATION January 11, 2024 The Honorable Elizabeth Embry Maryland House of Delegates In 2022, the General Assembly enacted the Child Interrogation Protection Act (the “Act”), which, among other things, provides that “[a] law enforcement officer may not conduct a custodial interrogation of a…