In State v. Zakariyya Ahmad, decided June 15, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered the admissibility of a statement given by a 17-year-old defendant who was discharged from a hospital emergency room after being treated for a gunshot wound. He was placed in a police car and taken to police headquarters after which his father was directed to take him to the county prosecutor's office where he was asked about the shooting death of a café owner earlier that day. After a further investigation by the police, including watching surveillance video of the cafe and reviewing forensic evidence, defendant became a suspect of the crimes committed. The trial court admitted defendant's statement to the police on the basis that he was questioned before being deemed a suspect in the shooting death.