Baptist Vie Le v. State

OPINION

in which MEYERS, MANSFIELD, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and JOHNSON, J.J., joined.

When Detective N.P. Welsh arrested juvenile John Baptist Vie Le, he first took Le to a magistrate, who gave Le the required juvenile warnings. He then took Le directly to the homicide division of the police department, where he interviewed Le and obtained a statement from him. We must decide whether Detective Welsh’s actions violated the Family Code. We conclude that they did.

Facts

Babykutty John was shot to death when he answered a knock at his front door. The police investigation led to Le, a juvenile, as a…