COLE, Judge.
The issue before us is whether the confession of an accused under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court is admissible, even though given without the advice of an attorney or an interested adult, if the accused was seventeen or older when he waived his rights and confessed.
Appellant, Jerry Matthew Lewis, was adjudicated a delinquent based on his commission at age sixteen of an armed robbery in violation of La.R.S. 14:64. The offense in which...
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