Minors, Miranda, and the California Legislature

"FROM THE CLASSROOM"
By Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College

“Its ‘402’ time, officer” - “Who Wins, You or Defense counsel”  Note: 402(b) E.C. – A pre-trial court hearing to determine the admissibility of an admission or confession.

"Minors, Miranda, and the California Legislature”

    This is the eighth in a series of mini-articles covering basic Miranda and Confession Law. This review is equally applicable to detectives and those generalists who are assigned to investigate their own cases.

   As my valued instructional colleague at the Santa Rosa Public Safety Training Center, Sergeant Kevin Scanlon, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office (Retired) said with the repeal of 653.20 P.C. – Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in Prostitution (See LUPC Publication Alert 7/7/22), “It is truly unfortunate that the California Legislature has proved once again our efforts to protect people from evil is affected by California legislators lack of positive protection to thwart the efforts by the criminal element to gain ground of unlawful ....