STATE v. PRESHA


748 A.2d 1108 (2000)

163 N.J. 304

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Phillip PRESHA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Sloan, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Debra A. Owens, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff-respondent (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by VERNIERO, J.

In this appeal, we consider the voluntariness of a confession by defendant, a juvenile, in a custodial setting. Defendant confessed to committing certain offenses after waiving his constitutional rights in the presence of his mother and deciding that he did not want her present in the interrogation room. At the outset of the interrogation, the parent agreed she should...

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