IN RE WATSON

Nos. 88-1470 and 88-1476.

47 Ohio St. 3d 86 (1989)

IN RE WATSON, A JUVENILE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Ney, Jr., prosecuting attorney, and Christian J. Schaefer, for appellee.

J. Dean Carro, for appellant Terrence Watson.

Randall A. Dana, public defender, and George H. Lancaster, Jr., for appellant David Johnson.


HOLMES, J.

One of the issues presented is whether the appellants voluntarily waived their Miranda rights in the absence of an interested adult or parent. Also, we are asked to determine whether the trial court properly denied appellants' motions for separate trials. For the reasons which follow, we answer both queries in the affirmative.

Appellants assert in their first proposition of law that under the totality of the circumstances they failed to appreciate...

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