Shirey v. B.S.

LEVINE, Justice.

B.S. (Brent, a pseudonym) and his parents R.S. (Richard, a pseudonym), and B.S. (Beth, a pseudonym), appeal from a juvenile court order declaring Brent to be a delinquent child in need of treatment. We hold that Brent was denied his right to counsel under the Uniform Juvenile Court Act, Chapter 27-20, N.D.C.C., during an interrogation and that the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to suppress Richard and Beth’s testimony about what Brent said at that interrogation. Consequently, we reverse the order of the juvenile court.

The juvenile court found that Brent and…