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556 P.2d 1256

Docket No. 2857.

In RE DP v. State

In the Matter of D.P., a minor, Appellant. v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1976.

Alaska Supreme Court · decided 1976-12-17

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1981

2 state decisions

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Michigan v. Mosley · Marks v. State

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Decided 1976-12-17

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¶1Christopher R. Cooke, Rice, Hoppner & Hedland, Bethel, for appellant.

¶2Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, and Victor Krumm, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bethel, for appellee.

¶3Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ.

¶4

OPINION

¶5PER CURIAM.

¶6In this appeal the Attorney General for the State of Alaska has confessed error with regard to the admission of a statement made by the juvenile D.P. The statement in question was admitted into evidence at an adjudicatory hearing to which the minor was a party. The statement was obtained by the police after continued questioning during which the juvenile repeatedly requested that he not be questioned and stated that he did not wish to speak to the police. At the time of the subject questioning the juvenile was alone, i.e., without the presence of a parent, guardian, or attorney.

¶7The Attorney General confesses error based on the cases of Miranda v. Arizona,384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), and Michigan v. Mosley,423 U.S. 96, 96 S.Ct. 321, 46 L.Ed.2d 313, 321 (1976).

¶8We have reviewed this case under the principles announced in Marks v. State,496 P.2d 66, 67-68 (Alaska 1972), regarding the receipt of a confession of error by the Attorney General, and find that the confessed error is supported by the record and has legal foundation. Therefore, the findings and judgment dated October 28, 1975, are REVERSED and this case is REMANDED for further proceedings in the superior court. Further, it is ordered that D.P. be immediately released from custody pending further proceedings, if any.

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