Topic: armed with the facts properly found by the trial judge, we … · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from McAvoy v. State.

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1 McAvoy v. State Anchor
md · 1989
green “armed with the facts properly found by the trial judge, we must ... make an independent constitutional appraisal of the record to determine the correctness of the trial judge's decision concerning custody.” 4
2 Whitfield v. State
md · 1980
green “deciding when a person has been significantly deprived of his freedom of action so as to be in custody within the meaning of miranda depends on the factual setting surrounding the interrogation in each case.” 3
3 Whitfield v. State
md · 1980
green “objective reasonable person approach to determining custody.” 3

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