United States v. Teresa Mechell Griffin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that detention was custodial; “[t]he lack of a police advisement that the suspect is at liberty to leave is a significant indication of a custodial detention”
• holding that detention was custodial; \[t]he lack of a police advisement that the suspect is at liberty to decline to answer questions or free to leave is a significant indication of a custodial detention\
• holding that detention was custodial; “[t]he lack of a police advisement that the suspect is at liberty to decline to answer questions or free to leave is a significant indication of a custodial detention”
• noting that relevant circumstances for finding custody include “separation of the suspect from family or colleagues who could offer moral support ... [and the] threatening presence of several officers”
• holding a suspect was in custody in part because she “was separated from her friend”
• noting that extent to which defendant is informed he is free to refrain from answering questions “will often define[] the custodial setting”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).