IN INTEREST OF J.C.

No. 90-3279.

591 So.2d 315 (1991)

In the Interest of J.C., a child, Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Nancy Perez, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dawn S. Wynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee State of Fla.


LETTS, Judge.

This case involved a high school student sent to the principal's office because he allegedly had been smoking marijuana on school grounds. Questioned by the assistant principal, the student freely confessed to possession of marijuana. Present during that interview was a sheriff's deputy assigned to the school as a resource officer. The trial judge ruled that under the circumstances, no Miranda1 warnings were required...

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