CA Supreme Court Won't Review Conviction Of Boy Who Confessed To Killing Neo-Nazi Dad Jeff Hall

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) -- The California Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that found a 10-year-old boy who killed his father had the ability to waive his legal right to remain silent.

The court, headquartered in San Francisco, refused to review the boy's 2013 conviction on Friday. That effectively let stand an appeals court ruling that found the boy could understand what he was doing when he confessed to police.

The Riverside County boy shot neo-Nazi Jeff Hall in 2011, as his father slept on a sofa. The boy told police that Hall repeatedly abused him and his stepmother.

Hall headed the California chapter of the National Socialist Movement, the largest and most prominent neo-Nazi group in the United States.

The boy was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to a juvenile lockup. He must be released when he turns 23.

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