KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] This case presents the question whether law enforcement officers can obtain a juvenile's waiver of Miranda rights while in custody and proceed with interrogation without notice to the juvenile's parents or guardian. Here, in an investigation for kidnapping and murder, police interrogated a fifteen-year-old without any effort to notify his parents. South Dakota law mandates that law enforcement officers immediately notify a juvenile...
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