Supreme Court· 2/21/2012

Howes v. Fields

Citations

132 S. Ct. 1181
182 L. Ed. 2d 17
565 U.S. 499
2012 U.S. LEXIS 1077
2012 WL 538280

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holding that the defendant was not in police custody even though he could not have expected to be able to “roam free” following his choice to end the interview”
finding no custodial interrogation where two sheriff’s deputies interviewed inmate in a jail conference room for five to seven hours
emphasizing “undisputed fact that respondent was told that he was free to end the questioning and to return to his cell”
characterizing an interview’s duration of “between five and seven hours in the evening” as lending only “some support” to a determination of custody (emphasis added)
discussing the freedom- of-movement inquiry used to determine whether a defendant is in custody
“Miranda adopted a set of prophylactic measures designed to ward off the inherently compelling pressures of custodial interrogation . . . .” (simplified)

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Judges: Alito, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor

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