{"id":5863,"date":"2016-02-15T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5863"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:33:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:33:58","slug":"illinois-juvenile-court-act-requires-minor-younger-13-time-commission-murder-serious-sexual-assault-must-represented-counsel-interrogations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-juvenile-court-act-requires-minor-younger-13-time-commission-murder-serious-sexual-assault-must-represented-counsel-interrogations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Illinois Juvenile Court Act Requires That a Minor Who Is Younger than 13 At the Time of the Commission of a Murder or Serious Sexual Assault Must Be Represented by Counsel During Interrogations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the <a href=\"http:\/\/ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs4.asp?DocName=070504050HArt.+I&amp;ActID=1863&amp;ChapterID=50&amp;SeqStart=100000&amp;SeqEnd=2300000\">Illinois Juvenile Court Act<\/a>, a minor who is under 13 at the time of the commission of a serious crime must be represented by counsel during the entire custodial interrogation. 705 ILCS 405\/5-170(a). When the minor under 13 is in custody, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miranda_warning\">Miranda warnin<\/a>gs are not necessary. The law requires that the police provide the juvenile with a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>A juvenile who is one day shy of 13 gets an automatic lawyer, yet a juvenile who is just one day older must navigate the Miranda warnings in the same way as a sophisticated adult would be required to do.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, statistics show that 80% of suspects waive their Miranda rights. That would apply to the juveniles 13 and over. In one recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoiscourts.gov\/SUPREMECOURT\/DEFAULT.ASP\">Illinois Supreme Court<\/a> case, a police officer questioned a suspect in his home concerning a possible murder. The police officer who did the interrogation was not in uniform. He did have a revolver in plain sight.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-juvenile-court-act-requires-minor-younger-13-time-commission-murder-serious-sexual-assault-must-represented-counsel-interrogations\/#more-5863\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Illinois Juvenile Court Act, a minor who is under 13 at the time of the commission of a serious crime must be represented by counsel during the entire custodial interrogation. 705 ILCS 405\/5-170(a). When the minor under 13 is in custody, Miranda warnings are not necessary. 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