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STATE EX REL. A.W.

No. 067984.

51 A.3d 793 (2012)

212 N.J. 114

STATE of New Jersey in the Interest of A.W.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 25, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian F. Plunkett , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant A.W. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Frank J. Ducoat , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey ( Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General, attorney).

Laura A. Cohen argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation (Rutgers Urban Legal Clinic Center for Law & Justice and Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic Center for Law & Justice, attorneys; Ms. Cohen, Ronald K. Chen , Trenton, Edward L. Barocas , Jeanne M. Locicero , Alexander R. Shalom , of counsel and on the brief).

Justice HOENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

More than a decade ago, this Court established the framework for our trial courts to use when deciding whether a confession given by a juvenile in a custodial setting was voluntary and therefore admissible in a delinquency proceeding. See State v. Presha, 163 N.J. 304, 312-17, 748 A.2d 1108 (2000). Among the wide variety of factors that bear on an evaluation of voluntariness...

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