Nix v. State

There can be little doubt that the defendant was under arrest and in custody of the F.B.I. when devastatingly damaging admissions were obtained from him and a search conducted of his apartment. As summarized in the majority opinion, Agent Phillips admits that the defendant while in his own apartment “asked the agents to step outside a few minutes.” The agent testified, incredibly, that he advised the defendant that they could not do so. In later testimony, *532Agent Phillips admits that the reason the defendant was not left alone as he requested was because they feared “he had something he wanted…