State v. Mahoney

A suspect must be in custody or "otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in a significant way” to trigger the protections afforded by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694, 10 A.L.R.3d 974 (1966). Police telephoned Erik Duane Ma-honey and asked him whether he was present when stereo equipment was stolen from a vehicle parked at a Spokane apartment complex. Mr. Mahoney said he and two friends were "checking out cars” at about 1:30 a.m. He then admitted that he kept an eye out while the others removed the rear window of a vehicle and took stereo equipment and…