California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Davis, 176 Cal.Rptr. 521, 29 Cal.3d 814, 633 P.2d 186 (Cal. 1981):
3 "Custody occurs if the suspect is physically deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way or is led to believe, as a reasonable person, that he is so deprived." (People v. Arnold (1967) 66 Cal.2d 438, 448, 58 Cal.Rptr. 115, 426 P.2d 515; see also Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436, 477, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 1629, 16 L.Ed.2d 694.)
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