IN RE J.M.

No. 90-FS-183.

619 A.2d 497 (1992)

In re J.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Edward Shacklee, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charlotte M. Brookins, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

James Klein, for amicus curiae the Public Defender Service.

Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Shanlon Wu, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for amicus curiae U.S.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, SCHWELB, FARRELL, WAGNER, KING, and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.


ON REHEARING EN BANC

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

On reconsideration by the court en banc, we have decided to remand this case for explicit findings by the trial judge with respect to the key factual issue presented, namely, the bearing of appellant's age— fourteen at the time of his arrest—upon the voluntariness of his consent to the search of his person.

I.

Appellant was adjudicated delinquent based upon a finding that he had...

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