In Re Vincent B.

Vincent B., a minor, on his appeal from a commitment order of the juvenile court, contends only that: “The trial court committed reversible error by admitting appellant’s in-custody statement into evidence when the prosecution failed to prove the legality of appellant’s arrest and detention.”

Vincent B., 16 years old, had a juvenile record known of course to the police, of arrests or judicial findings concerning malicious mischief (four separate offenses), possession of a deadly weapon known as a “nunchaku,” burglary (three separate offenses), petty theft (two separate offenses), robbery (three separate offenses), receiving stolen property (two separate offenses), and battery. Fingerprints found on yet another burglarized building matched those on Vincent B.’s recorded fingerprint card. Police headquarters communicated to its officers “an alert to arrest him if he’s contacted due to his fingerprints being located at the crime scene.” He was thereafter arrested. Following a proper, and here unquestioned, Miranda (Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 [ 16 L.Ed.2d 694 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 10 A.L.R.3d 974 ]) admonition and waiver of the related rights, Vincent B. stated that…