STATE v. OGLESBY

No. 683PA05.

648 S.E.2d 819 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jaamall Denaris OGLESBY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Jonathan P. Babb, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant/appellee.

M. Gordon Widenhouse, Jr., Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellee/appellant.


BRADY, Justice.

In this case we determine whether an incriminating statement made by a juvenile during a custodial interrogation must be suppressed at trial, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7B-2101, when the juvenile had requested to telephone his aunt before making the statement. We hold that the statement need not be suppressed since defendant's aunt was not a "guardian" for purposes of the relevant statute. Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals...

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