Does a minor have to testify in the guilt phase of a sexual assault trial that the minor admitted the crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Randy Joe H., In re, 153 Cal.App.3d 316, 200 Cal.Rptr. 518 (Cal. App. 1984):
1 The minor testified in the guilt phase attacking the weight to be given the confession, but did not offer testimony on admissibility of the confession. (People v. Lindsey (1972) 27 Cal.App.3d 622, 632, 103 Cal.Rptr. 755.)
2 Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694.
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