Does a police officer have an obligation to administer a Miranda warning to a suspect when they are not in custody?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Reed, D071745 (Cal. App. 2017):
An officer's obligation to administer Miranda warnings attaches only when the person questioned is in "custody." (Stansbury v. California (1994) 511 U.S. 318, 322.) Custody for Miranda purposes "depends on the objective circumstances of the
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