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· 1/24/1986

United States v. Roylee Russell Martin

Citations

  • 781 F.2d 671

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a suspect was not in custody even though “questioning . . . took place at the hospital” and he was “not free to leave”
  • holding statements voluntary even though defendant was under the influence of Demerol, a painkiller, and still in pain
  • concluding suspect was not in custody when “there are no facts to indicate law enforcement officials were in any way involved in Martin’s hospitalization”
  • holding statements voluntary even though defendant was under the influence of Demerol, a painkiller, and still in pain
  • affirming finding by a preponderance of the evidence that a defendant who was injured but awake and relatively coherent voluntarily spoke with police in the hospital
  • \There are no facts to indicate law enforcement officials . . . did anything to extend [defendant's] hospital stay and treatment\

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Judges: Goodwin, Brunetti, Stephens

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