Welch v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Christopher Welch, was convicted of one count of sodomy in the first degree and of one count of sexual abuse in the first degree. He was sentenced to a twenty-year term of imprisonment. The charges arose from statements made by Appellant during his treatment at a juvenile sex offender program. Appellant entered a conditional guilty plea to the above charges and reserved the right to appeal the Boyle Circuit Court’s denial of his motion to suppress these statements. The issue here is whether statements made by a juvenile to counselors without Miranda1 warnings…