Case Name: STATE IN INTEREST OF T. L. O., JUVENILE-APPELLANT
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1982-06-30
Citations: 185 N.J. Super. 279
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE IN INTEREST OF T. L. O., JUVENILE-APPELLANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 279–284

Head Matter:
STATE IN INTEREST OF T. L. O., JUVENILE-APPELLANT.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Argued June 1, 1982
Decided June 30, 1982.
Before Judges MILMED, JOELSON and GAULKIN.
Lois De Julio, First Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant T. L. O. (Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Victoria Curtis Bramson, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General, attorney; Victoria Curtis Bramson and Mark Paul Cronin, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the denial of the motion to suppress the evidence produced by the search of the juvenile's purse substantially for the reasons expressed by Judge Nicola in his opinion reported at 178 N.J.Super. 329 (J. & D.R.Ct.1980).
However, we find that neither the record nor the findings and conclusions of the trial judge are sufficient for us to determine the sufficiency of the Miranda waiver which was assertedly made by or on behalf of the juvenile immediately before her resumed questioning by the police officer. We must therefore remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings and findings and conclusions in light of the principles enunciated in Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 101 S.Ct. 1880, 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981) and State v. Fussell, 174 N.J.Super. 14 (App.Div.1980).
The final adjudication of delinquency entered on January 7, 1982 is vacated and the matter is remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith. We do not retain jurisdiction.