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· 5/24/1984

Miley v. United States

Citations

  • 477 A.2d 720
  • 1984 D.C. App. LEXIS 411

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that a reasonable person would not feel free to leave when confronted with obvious evidence of guilt
  • holding that an officer’s probing questions, which went to the heart of the offense under investigation, exceeded the scope of general exploratory inquiries associated with an investigatory stop
  • when officer, with gun drawn, approached appellant, appellant’s movement sufficiently curtailed to constitute custody
  • when officer, with gun drawn, approached appellant, appellant's movement sufficiently curtailed to constitute custody
  • improper admission of statements obtained during custodial interrogation harmless beyond reasonable doubt

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Judges: Pryor, Rogers, Gallagher

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