Interested Adult Test; Totality of Circumstances Test

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11/06/03

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This article excerpts and highlights both the Interested Adult Test and the Totality of the Circumstances Test, as applied to the Lee Boyd Malvo case. These two tests are the most common tests used to test the validity of a juvenile’s waiver of his or her Miranda rights.

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