State v. Jonathan M.

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

We granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to clarify whether NMSA 1978, Section 32-l-27(F) (Repl.Pamp.1989) prohibits the admission of statements made by a child under the age of fifteen years in a hearing to adjudicate delinquency. The district court held that such statements were admissible and the court of appeals, in an unpublished memorandum opinion, reversed the district court. We affirm the court of appeals and reverse the district court.

FACTS

On September 26, 1987, Lawrence G. Nil-sen (Nilsen) was cleaning his computer store. Jonathan, a…