Opinion ID: 2444646
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Heading: The Circumstances under which the Statement was taken

Text: Petitioner was taken into custody on 25 February 1976, at approximately 9:00 p.m. He was taken to the sheriff's office and questioned from about 10:45 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. the following day. Petitioner's father, who was confined to a wheel chair, came to the sheriff's office but waited outside. His mother also came and was present during a small portion of the interrogation. The statement was reduced to writing and signed about 1:30 a.m. Prior to that time he had not been released to his parents nor had he been brought before the juvenile judge. He was fully informed of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). His statement was wholly voluntary and his signed waiver of rights appears in the record. This is not a Miranda case. There is no suggestion of any misconduct on the part of the participating law enforcement officers, except to the extent implicit in the unlawful detention of a juvenile, sixteen years of age.