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Whitfield v. State

Citations

  • 411 A.2d 415
  • 287 Md. 124
  • 1980 Md. LEXIS 144

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the subjective intent of police officer is irrelevant to the Miranda custody determination
  • observing that whether the interviewee is questioned as a witness or suspect is a relevant factor to the custody analysis
  • observing that arrest at the conclusion of an interrogation is indicative of police custody during an interrogation
  • finding inmate in custody when taken to an isolation wing for questioning
  • finding inmate in custody when taken to an isolation wing for questioning
  • finding inmate in custody when taken to an isolation wing for questioning

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Murphy, Smith, Digges, Eldridge, Orth, Cole, Davidson

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44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

59 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Whitfield v. State

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