Where a minor is interrogated by police without a youth officer or guardian present, the statement given may still be voluntary with a valid detention, an established understanding of Miranda rights and no evidence of external compulsion. The Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, 1st Division, reversed and remanded the decision of Cook County Associate Judge Joseph Michael Claps. On Aug. 1, 2011, Walter McDavid was arrested and charged with various acts of sexual assault and abuse against his 3-year-old niece, A.H …