Fisackerly v. State

1 Citing case

  1. Dewitt v. State

    269 So. 3d 388 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018)   Cited 5 times

    ¶ 28. " Miranda applies to custodial interrogations or statements, and it does not apply to statements when [the offender] is not in custody and has the liberty to come and go as [he] pleases ...." Fisackerly v. State , 880 So.2d 368, 370 (¶ 11) (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). Still, even when a private party is conducting an independent private investigation, and not as an agent of the government, "statements must be freely and voluntarily given in order to be admissible."