Randolph Parsad v. Charles Greiner, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York

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• indicating that Miranda custody turned on whether a reasonable person would have felt free to terminate the interrogation and leave, with no mention of arrest or arrest-like restraints
• concluding confession voluntary where, inter alia , defendant not subjected \to extended periods\ of uninterrupted questioning
• noting that the presumption of correctness is critical when reviewing a “trial court’s assessment of witness credibility”
• assuming, without deciding, that a person voluntarily at a police station is placed in custody if detectives seize his pants
• finding harmless error when erroneously admitted statements were cumulative of properly admitted statements
• accusing defendant of committing a crime and confronting him with incriminating evidence was not unduly coercive

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