State of Arizona v. Carlos Andres MacIel

Summary

The Arizona Supreme Court held that Maciel was not in Miranda custody when officers detained and questioned him in public outside a vacant building during a burglary investigation. Although his freedom of movement was significantly curtailed, the questioning was brief, public, nonthreatening, and conducted without the coercive pressures associated with station-house interrogation. The court affirmed the suppression ruling, conviction, and probationary term, and vacated the court of appeals' opinion.