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Seventh Circuit· 2/16/2012

United States v. Ambrose

Citations

  • 668 F.3d 943
  • 2012 WL 506741
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 3014

How courts have described this case

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

  • procuring a suspect’s presence at an interview through the use of a ruse weighs against voluntariness and in favor of finding that he was in custody
  • explaining that courts must consider “a reasonable person’s perception”
  • listing additional factors and explaining that the list is not exhaustive
  • suspect’s statements regarding need to be punctual for child’s parent-teacher conference later in day after interview one factor in finding of no custody
  • “Law enforcement officers are not prohibited from merely listening to a person’s voluntary statement.”
  • em- phasizing the interviewer’s “statement that [the suspect] was not under arrest and his reference only to the possibility of future charges”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Rovner, Wood

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Cites

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