Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 8/8/2007

State v. Jennings

Citations

929 A.2d 982
155 N.H. 768
2007 N.H. LEXIS 131

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concluding that an interview length of “nearly two hours” weighed in favor of custody
noting that “the rule of lenity is applicable only where statutory ambiguity has been found” (quotation omitted)
noting that the court determines whether the suspect’s freedom of movement has been sufficiently curtailed only “[i]n the absence of formal arrest”
noting that when police told the defendant to “knock on the interview room’s door if he needed anything[,]... [t]he implication ... was that [he] could not leave the room, much less the station”
noting that when police told the defendant to “knock on the interview room’s door if he needed anything[,] . . . . [t]he implication . . . was that [he] could not leave the room, much less the station”
weighing in favor of custody that officers repeatedly confronted defendant with their belief that victim was telling truth

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Judges: Duggan, Broderick, Galway, Hicks, Dalianis

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