State v. Garrison

Citations

• 350 Conn. 61

Syllabus

The state appealed, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which reversed the defendant's conviction of assault in the first degree. The state claimed that the Appellate Court had incorrectly determined that a new trial was required because the trial court should have granted the defendant's motion to suppress certain statements he made on the ground that he was in custody when he spoke with police officers in his hospital room without being advised of his rights pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona (384 U.S. 436). Held: The Appellate Court incorrectly determined that the defendant was in cus- tody for Miranda purposes when police officers questioned him at the 62 OCTOBER, 2024 350 Conn. 61 State v. Garrison hospital, as a reasonable person in the defendant's position would not have felt that there was a restraint on his freedom of movement of the degree associated with a formal arrest. (Two justices dissenting in one opinion) Argued March 18—officially released July 26, 2024