In the Matter of: A.M.P
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An unpublished opinion of the North Carolina Court of Appeals does not constitute controlling legal authority. Citation is disfavored, but may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Rule 30(e)(3) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure. NO. COA05-1224 NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS Filed: 16 May 2006 In re: A.M.P. Alamance County No. 04 J 97 Appeal by Juvenile from judgment entered 13 January 2005 by Judge G. Wayne Abernathy in District Court, Alamance County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 11 April 2006. Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Joyce S. Rutledge, for the State. Michael J. Reece for defendant-appellant. WYNN, Judge. In this appeal, Juvenile makes one argument: THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY DENYING APPELLANT S MOTION TO SUPRESS (sic) HIS STATEMENT AND PRODUCTION OF THE KNIFE TO PRINCIPAL FOX, AS IT WAS CUSTODIAL AND APPELLANT WAS NOT PROPERLY ADVISED OF HIS JUVENILE RIGHTS. For the reasons given in In re Phillips, 128 N.C. App. 732, 497 S.E.2d 292, disc. review denied, 348 N.C. 283, 501 S.E.2d 919 (1998), we affirm. In Phillips, a juvenile contended the trial court should have suppressed her inculpatory statements obtained during questioning by an assistant principal. We held that since the juvenile was not questioned by a law enforcement officer or its agent, the trial -2court did not err by admitting the juvenile s statements[.] Id. at 735, 497 S.E.2d at 294. Likewise, in this case, the record shows that Principal Fox was not acting as an agent of law enforcement at the time he questioned Juvenile, but as an agent of the school. Accordingly, the trial court did not err in denying Juvenile s motion to suppress. Affirmed. Judges ELMORE and LEVINSON concur. Report per Rule 30(e).
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