Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lucas
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 2006No. 2004-SC-0075-DGPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
This appeal is from an opinion of the Court of Appeals which reversed a judgment . based on a conditional guilty plea that convicted Lucas of first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree sexual abuse. He was sentenced to a total of one and a half years in prison.
The sole issue is whether the interrogation during which Lucas confessed was noncustodial and therefore did not require a Miranda warning.
The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction holding that the motion to suppress should have been granted because Lucas was subject to custodial interrogation without the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Thompson v. KeohaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Maurice A. Mason v. Betty MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Aaron L. SalvoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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