United States v. Charles Wright

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a suspect was not in custody under Miranda in part because of the \crucial\ fact that he was repeatedly told \that he was 'free to leave' and that he 'wasn't under arrest' \
• concluding that defendant was not in custody where, while executing a search warrant, two officers interviewed him in a police vehicle about thirty feet from his home, defendant sat in the front seat, and the vehicle was subject to public scrutiny
• determining that an interview was not custodial despite the presence of more than a dozen armed officers wearing bulletproof vests, several of whom had their guns drawn
• emphasizing that “no one fact is determinative” in deciding whether a suspect is “in custody,” rather this is an objective inquiry that depends on the totality of circumstances
• observing that cooperative tone throughout interview transcript negated proposition that defendant was in custody
• recognizing that “no one fact is determinative”

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