WARNER, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of manslaughter. She argues in her appeal that the court erred in failing to suppress her confession which was given after her mother had asked the arresting officer not to question her daughter. We conclude that Miranda rights are personal in nature, and that the mother's request of the officers was ineffectual to invoke Miranda's constitutional guarantees on behalf of her 19 year old daughter. We therefore...
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