AZ SB1303

Law enforcement officers cannot interrogate juveniles under 15 years of age during custodial interrogation without first appointing a public defender or court-appointed counsel to represent the juvenile at no cost to the juvenile.

All oral, written, or sign language statements made by a juvenile during custodial interrogation must be electronically recorded in their entirety and remain substantially accurate and unaltered, with limited exceptions for statements made in court, spontaneous statements, routine processing questions, out-of-state interrogations, federal interrogations, and impeachment-only use.

The state cannot destroy or alter any electronic recording of a custodial interrogation until final disposition of the juvenile's case.

Public defenders and court-appointed counsel representing juveniles during custodial interrogation are not considered the attorney of record unless reappointed by the court for subsequent criminal proceedings.

A "custodial interrogation" is defined as any interrogation conducted in a place of detention from when a juvenile receives a Miranda warning until released from custody.