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PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. S181611.

53 Cal.4th 367 (2012)

135 Cal. Rptr. 3d 312

266 P.3d 1008

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAMUEL MOSES NELSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 12, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Woodward Wells , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rourke F. Stacy , Public Defender (Los Angeles) and Ji Seon Song , Public Defender (Contra Costa) for Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, Los Angeles County Public Defender, Contra Costa County Public Defender, Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender, Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law and Policy and the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons , Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton , Steven T. Oetting , Elizabeth A. Hartwig and Donald W. Ostertag , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.—

The 15-year-old defendant in this case was tried as an adult and convicted of the murder of 72-year-old Jane Thompson, and of five first degree burglaries relating to the residences of Thompson and two other women. The evidence featured defendant's confessional statements to sheriff's investigators during a custodial interrogation. The investigators had apprised defendant of his right to remain silent and right to...

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