GENERAL BILL by Stewart Custodial Interrogations of Minors; Providing a presumption of inadmissibility for confessions of certain minors which are made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a place of detention if deceptive tactics are used; specifying circumstances under which the presumption may be overcome; providing that the state attorney has the burden…
BILL WOULD END ‘DECEPTION’ TO OBTAIN JUVENILE SUSPECT CONFESSIONS Sen. Linda Stewart A Central Florida lawmaker is refiling a measure that would make a juvenile suspect’s confession inadmissible if police use “deception” to obtain it. Sen. Linda Stewart, D-Orlando, filed SB 890 on February 16. The measure has yet to receive committee references and there…
The Miami-Dade Police Department, Special Victims Bureau/Missing Persons Squad, is investigating the whereabouts of a juvenile that went missing with his father and paternal grandmother. According to investigators, the juvenile, Jorge Morales, was picked up by his paternal grandmother in accordance with a court time sharing order. The father failed to return the juvenile, violating…