PEOPLE EX REL. J.M.J.

No. 23753.

726 N.W.2d 621 (2007)

2007 SD 1

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota, In the Interest of J.M.J., Minor Child and Concerning, J.J. and D.J., Parents and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Ginsbach, Heather M. Sudbeck of Farrell, Farrell & Ginsbach, Hot Springs, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant child.

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Steven R. Blair, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee state.


MEIERHENRY, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In a juvenile proceeding, the trial court adjudicated sixteen-year-old J.M.J. (J.J.) a delinquent child based upon a charge of rape in the first degree. J.J. claims that the adjudication should be reversed because his statements to law enforcement should have been suppressed and because there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of rape in the first degree. Specifically, J.J. claims that the deputy who questioned him about...

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