State v. Benoit

The principal question raised in this appeal is whether the superior court erred in its determination that the fifteen-year-old defendant, Philip Benoit, had voluntarily, knowingly *9and intelligently waived his privilege against self-incrimination before making an incriminating statement to the police. In addition, we are asked to determine whether the superior court erred in ruling that defense counsel’s questioning of a State’s witness concerning her inability to identify the defendant on the day of the alleged offense would “open the door” to inquiry into a previously excluded line-up…