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STATE v. ANDERSON

937 S.W.2d 851 (1996)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Joe L. ANDERSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

September 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Eugene J. Honea, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Jerry Wallace, Assistant District Attorney, Decaturville, for Appellant.

Richard B. Fields, Memphis, for Appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

We granted this appeal to clarify the standards by which courts determine whether a person being questioned by law enforcement officers is "in custody," and therefore entitled to the warnings mandated by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966).

In this case, the defendant was indicted for arson after...

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