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Children and Juvenile Law, Keyed to Feld, 6th Ed.
In the Interest of Jerrell C.J.
Citation:
283 Wis. 2d 145, 699 N.W.2d 110 (2005)Facts
On May 26, 2001, three masked young men robbed a McDonald’s restaurant in Milwaukee. On May 28, 14-year-old Jerrell C.J. was arrested at his home at approximately 6:20 a.m. and taken to the police station. He was handcuffed to a wall in an interrogation room and left alone for about two hours. At 9:00 a.m., Detectives Ralph Spano and Kurt Sutter began questioning Jerrell after providing Miranda warnings. Throughout the interrogation, which lasted over five hours, Jerrell initially denied involvement. The detectives challenged his denials, sometimes using a raised voice that Jerrell described as making him feel “kind of frightened.” During the interrogation, Jerrell asked “several times” to call his parents, but Detective Spano denied each request, later testifying that he “never” in 12 years allowed juveniles to contact parents during interrogation because it could jeopardize the process. At 2:40 p.m., after approximately five-and-a-half hours of interrogation and eight hours in custody, Jerrell signed a confession prepared by Detective Spano. Jerrell had limited prior experience with law enforcement, having been arrested twice for misdemeanors but never adjudged delinquent. Post-disposition IQ testing revealed Jerrell had an IQ of 84, indicating low average intelligence.
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