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OCDLA Juvenile Training Immersion Program
Challenging Youth Statements (Lesson 20)
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Via Zoom
Trainer(s):
Maurisa Gates, Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland
Jennifer McGowan, Youth, Rights & Justice, Attorneys at Law, Portland
Guest Trainer: Kelly Jones, Office of the Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV
Thursday, April 22
12:30 to 12:45 Participants can login. We will admit everyone right before 12:45 p.m.
Challenging Youth Statements (Lesson 20)
12:45p | Introduction to NJDC & JTIP
1:00p | Large Group Meeting
I. Introduction (10 min)
A. Statement Defined (Incriminatory and Non-Incriminatory Statements)
B. Discovery
II. Grounds for Suppressing a Statement (60 min)
A. All Possible Grounds for Suppression or Exclusion
B. Miranda
C. Involuntariness
D. False Confessions
III. Incorporation of Cognitive Limitations/Adolescent Development and Discussion of Possible Defense Witnesses (10 min)
A. Impact of Admissibility of a Youth’s Statement
B. Potential Defense Witnesses
2:20p | Break
2:35p | Small Group Meetings
IV. Forensic Exercise: Challenging Youth Statements
Part 1. Developing a Suppression Theory (30 min)
Part 2. Developing a Cross or Direct Examination (30 min)
Part 3. Arguing in Support of the Motion to Suppress (30 min)
Wrap Up Discussion (10 min)
4:15p Adjourn