Legal Opinion
State v. Anderson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 16, 1996PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
We granted this appeal to clarify the standards by which courts determine whether a person being questioned by law enforcement officers is “in custody,” and therefore entitled to the warnings mandated by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966).
In this case, the defendant was indicted for arson after being questioned by an arson investigator and having given a statement. The defendant moved to suppress the statement because no Miranda warnings were given. Emphasizing that the defendant “was a suspect at the time of his interrogation” and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Stansbury v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- California v. BehelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Beckwith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- State v. BushTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. GoodeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
- R.D.S. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
- State of Tennessee v. Marco M. NorthernTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
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