Before the Court
The Justices Weigh in on Interrogating Minors
At 11:14 a.m. on March 23, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for case number 10_11121, J.D.B. v. North Carolina. At 12:12 p.m., arguments concluded and the case was submitted for judgment. Following are excerpts from the arguments of Barbara S. Blackman, counsel of record for J.D.B., and Roy Cooper, North Carolina attorney general. Questions are presented from the nine Supreme Court Justices. Argument on Behalf of the J.D.B. MS. BLACKMAN: J.D.B. was only 13 years old when he was taken out of his middle school classroom and escorted to a closed-door interrogation conducted by outside law enforcement…
