People v. Hill

The people appeal by leave granted from an order suppressing the use of certain statements which had been made by defendant without the benefit of Miranda warnings. The parties agree that, when he made the statements, defendant was not in custody but was the focus of a gas fraud investigation. The people contend on appeal that it is custody, and not "focus,” that triggers the duty to give Miranda warnings.

Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436, 444; 86 S Ct 1602; 16 L Ed 2d 694 (1968), applies to "custodial interrogation,” of which the United States Supreme Court said,

By custodial interrogation we…