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Appeals court hears challenge to 17-year-old's postarrest confession and in-court ID in 2018 fatal shooting
Summary
In oral argument the defense told a panel the juvenile's confession should be suppressed because officers told him his mother would not come; the state said the youth waived Miranda and admitted involvement. The panel took the case under advisement.
An appellate panel heard arguments over whether a 17-year-old's postarrest confession and later in-court identification should have been suppressed in a 2018 homicide case.
Attorney Tyrone Tooten, for the appellant, told the court he was challenging several pretrial rulings and emphasized that the juvenile's confession was involuntary because officers told the teen his mother would not come to the station. Tooten said the way officers characterized the mother's responsiveness left the juvenile with the impression she "didn't care," which he said infected the voluntariness analysis under the totality of the circumstances.
The state, represented by Ronald Coleman, said the record shows officers attempted to contact the mother, that the defendant waived his Miranda rights at the station…
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