Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Blackmun joins, dissenting. Thirty days after his 17th birthday, respondent entered his cousin’s home, murdered her, and stole about $15. He was promptly arrested and made a series of confessions to the police. A portion of one of those confessions apparently referred to other crimes, but that portion was not admitted into evidence and is not in the…
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