Sharon Myers v. State of Florida

The issue before the Court is whether the Fifth District Court of Appeal misap*966plied our precedent from Ross v. State, 45 So.3d 403 (Fla. 2010), and Ramirez v. State, 739 So.2d 568 (Fla. 1999), when it reversed the trial court’s determination that the defendant, Sharon Myers, was in custody for the purpose of administering Miranda1 warnings based on the totality of the circumstances. State v. Myers, 169 So.3d 1227, 1230 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.2

At the heart of this issue is the constitutional right against self-incrimination under the Fifth…