Court Opinion

ID: 9628802
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:32:17.221596+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:07:11.631575
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*570BRETT, Judge,
specially concurring.
I concur as to the admissibility of the confession on the ground that the defendant’s step-grandfather was the de facto custodian of the defendant, thereby meeting the requirements of 10 O.S.1971, § 1109(a). Had the defendant not conferred with attorney Copeland before giving his inculpa-tory signed statement, I would have held that any statements made by the defendant prior to the arrival of counsel were inadmissible. However, in signing the statement upon advice of counsel, defendant effectively waived any irregularities in eliciting statements from him prior to the arrival of counsel. Therefore, I concur in the result of the majority.