State v. Jones
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed from a judgment of conviction entered by the trial court following his conditional guilty plea to manslaughter. Defendant contended (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress statements he made to police officers during the investigation of his infant daughter's death, and (2) the juvenile court erred by admitting hearsay evidence during Defendant's juvenile bind-over hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, holding (1) any statements made by Defendant during interrogations were not subject to the requirements of Miranda and were therefore not excludable on those grounds, the court properly considered Defendant's juvenile status, and the court did not err in concluding that Defendant's confession was voluntary; and (2) the court did not err by treating the hearsay testimony during the bind-over hearing as reliable, and therefore, its admission was not error.
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