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IN RE M.E.B.

No. 90-FS-1602.

638 A.2d 1123 (1993)

In re M.E.B., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1993.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wilkins, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

Mary Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, SCHWELB and KING, Associate Judges.

KING, Associate Judge:

Appellant, who was sixteen years of age at the time of the offense, was found guilty of second-degree murder based largely upon his confession. On appeal he claims that the confession should have been suppressed because it was tainted by the illegal arrest that preceded it. We conclude that the confession was properly admitted by the trial judge. Accordingly, we affirm.

I.

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