Jeffrey L. Corbitt v. State of Florida

How courts have described this case

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• holding that presence of two officers, joined briefly by two others, was' not overwhelming
• concluding that Infante was not in custody when he was interrogated in the hospital following medical treatment and noting that, “[d]espite having received pain medication, Infante was coherent and responsive, showing no sign of mental impairment”
• concluding that Infante was not in custody when he was interrogated in the hospital following medical treatment and noting that, “[d]espite having received pain medication, Infante was coherent and responsive, showing no sign of mental impairment”
• holding that the defendant was not in custody where the interviewing officer “informed [him] during each interview that he was not under arrest or in custody and that he did not have to speak with the officers”
• questioning in a neutral setting -- a hospital room -- weighed in favor of interrogation being non-custodial
• emphasizing such statements as relevant to conclusion that suspect was not in custody

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).