Commonwealth v. Toanone

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the defendant was not subject to a custodial interrogation, and Miranda warnings were not needed, where the police officer did not use, show, or threaten force, and the defendant was not ordered into a police car
• wherein we held that an appellate court could affirm a trial court order on a basis other than that relied upon by the trial court
• “An appellate court may affirm a trial court order on a basis other than that relied upon by the trial court.”
• defendant-motorist not in custody when questioned about educational background and requested to recite alphabet because motorist was not interrogated for unreasonably long period, forced to enter patrol car, or subjected to any form of undue coercion
• defendant-motorist not in custody when questioned about educational background and requested to recite alphabet because motorist was not interrogated for unreasonably long period, forced to enter patrol car, or subjected to any form of undue coercion
• defendant-motorist not entitled to Miranda warnings prior to questioning regarding educational background and request to recite alphabet because motorist not interrogated for unreasonably long period, forced to enter patrol car, or subjected to any form of undue coercion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).