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· 3/26/1996

Larry J. Sprosty v. Dan Buchler, Acting Warden, Racine Correctional Institution, and James E. Doyle, Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin

Citations

  • 79 F.3d 635
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 5623
  • 1996 WL 135670

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that warning is relevant but not dispositive to custody
  • finding that the defendant was questioned in the presence of at least two other people to weigh against him being in custody
  • holding that warning is relevant but not dispositive to custody
  • stating that factor that could lead to finding of no custody was that suspect was not prohibited from communicating with those present in his mobile home
  • finding that police officers’ use of their police cars to block the suspect’s driveway to prevent his departure, and their standing so as to block the suspect’s exit path from his home, contributed to a custodial environment
  • finding that police officers’ use of their police cars to block the suspect’s driveway to prevent his departure, and their standing so as to block the suspect’s exit path from his home, contributed to a custodial environment

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Judges: Posner, Lay, Rovner

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