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Defendant, who at the time of the commission of the offense was only 17 years old, appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree. A second count, charging a like offense, was dismissed at the time of sentence.

The dead bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Diosdado were found by Mrs. Diosdado’s brother at their feed store on December 19, 1968. The cash register drawer was open and empty. There were some coins on the floor.

Apart from this evidence of the corpus delicti, the record contains nothing but defendant’s confession. It is the admissibility of that confession which is the only point on appeal.

At 5 p.m. on February 13, 1969, defendant was arrested for disorderly conduct. He appeared intoxicated. At about 11:30 a.m. the next morning defendant was interrogated by Officer Armstrong. The officer told defendant that he had received information that defendant and one Bozzie Burton had been involved in the shooting of two people on December 19 at Greenleaf and Wilmington—apparently the address of the feed store. He told defendant “exactly” what information he had received. The officer then read defendant’s Miranda rights from a card. After each of the four rights was read…