Mease v. Commonwealth

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• holding that objective concerns for officer safety may hecessitate the use of handcuffs during a temporary detention
• observing that non-accusatory and non-threatening inquiries negated the fact that defendant was in custody
• observing that a police officer’s statements that he wanted the defendant to “be honest” and “real upfront with him” evidenced non- 27 Case: 21-20658 Document: 00516638619 Page: 28 Date Filed: 02/08/2023 No. 21-20658 c/w No.22-20377 accusatory and non-threatening interview
• “Informing a suspect he is not under arrest, [even without] explicitly tell[ing] him he [is] free to leave[,] . . . . would [also] suggest to a reasonable person that he [is] free to leave[.]” (alterations in original) (citation omitted)
• “Indeed, [s]ome significant restraint of freedom of movement must have occurred. For example, this court [in United States v. Ortiz, 781 F.3d 221, 224–25, 232–33 (5th Cir. 2015
• “[A]ssurances that a suspect ‘[is] not under arrest and that he [is] free to leave’ weigh in favor of determining that a suspect is not in custody.” (second and third alterations in original

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