State of Connecticut v. Terrell Canady

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions and rejected three challenges concerning statements made while he was a juvenile. It held that the statutory protections for juvenile statements did not apply because the defendant was tried in criminal court, that his unsolicited statements to a detention officer were not the product of Miranda interrogation, and that testimony about a third party’s accusations was admissible as an adoptive admission. The court also concluded that any evidentiary error would have been harmless because the evidence of guilt was overwhelming.