Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/3/1988

Commonwealth v. a Juvenile

Citations

521 N.E.2d 1368
402 Mass. 275
1988 Mass. LEXIS 127

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“On the question whether the juvenile was in custody, the test is how a reasonable person in the juvenile’s position would have understood his situation.”
in order to ensure a knowing and intelligent waiver by minors over fourteen years, there must be an opportunity for a meaningful consultation
where a private citizen was functioning as an instrument of the police and the defendant was in custody, the defendant was entitled to Miranda warnings
“implied finding that the Commonwealth” failed to meet burden of proof was warranted where “no evidence in the record” supported Commonwealth’s position
DYS supervisor under duty to report juvenile’s crimes to police not acting as private citizen in eliciting juvenile’s confession
employee of private organization under contract with Department of Youth Services [DYS] to run home for troubled adolescents, to which defendant had been committed, could not serve as interested adult

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, O'Connor

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