NICHOLAS v. PEOPLE

No. 97SC705.

973 P.2d 1213 (1999)

Dameon E. NICHOLAS, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lari Jean Trogani, Colorado Springs, for Petitioner.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Robert Mark Russell, First Assistant Attorney General, Catherine P. Adkisson, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Enforcement Section, Denver, for Respondent.


Justice BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Colorado has a statute that requires that no statements of a juvenile resulting from custodial interrogation shall be admissible in evidence against that juvenile unless a parental figure was present during the interrogation and advised of the juvenile's Miranda rights. In this case, we decide whether this statute must be followed when a juvenile lies to police about...

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