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J.D.B. v. NORTH CAROLINA

No. 09-11121.

131 S.Ct. 2394 (2011)

564 U.S. 261

180 L.Ed.2d 310

J.D.B., Petitioner, v. NORTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara S. Blackman , Durham, NC, for Petitioner.

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, Raleigh, NC, for Respondent.

Eric J. Feigin , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Barbara S. Blackman , S. Hannah Demerit , Benjamin Dowling-Sendor , Assistant Appellate Defenders Staples S. Hughes , Appellate Defender, Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham, North Carolina, for Petitioner.

Roy Cooper , Attorney General of North Carolina, Christopher G. Browsing, Jr. , Solicitor General of North Carolina, Robert C. Montgomery , Special Deputy Attorney General, LaToya B. Powell , Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, NC, for Respondent.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether the age of a child subjected to police questioning is relevant to the custody analysis of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). It is beyond dispute that children will often feel bound to submit to police questioning when an adult in the same circumstances

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