State v. James

HORTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of Dustin James’ motion to suppress. James asks this Court to decide whether an officer’s threat to arrest all occupants of an automobile if one occupant did not incriminate himself or herself triggered a duty to provide Miranda warnings. Based upon the limited record before this Court, we conclude that James has failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that he was in custody for purposes of Miranda. We therefore affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Dustin James (James) was a passenger in a car stopped in the early…