The central issue in this appeal concerns the voluntariness of the statement given by respondent, a juvenile, in which he admitted engaging in certain sexual contact with his eight-year-old sister. The Law Guardian argues, inter alia, that the officer who took the statement "threatened" respondent with removal from his parents' home if he did not tell the truth. The record, however, reveals nothing coercive in what was essentially an...
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