State of Indiana, Appellant (plaintiff) v. Ernesto Ruiz, Appellee (defendant)

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed suppression of Ernesto Ruiz's statements because police interrogated him in custody without providing Miranda warnings. Although Ruiz came to the station voluntarily and was not handcuffed, the totality of the objective circumstances showed that a reasonable person would not have felt free to end the questioning and leave, and the station-house interrogation involved the coercive pressures Miranda was designed to address.