No. 20-5395

Marcus Tyler Sheffield v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 5th-amendment criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process miranda-rights police-questioning reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard self-incrimination
Latest Conference: 2020-10-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the police detective's assurance to Sheffield that he is free to leave on the condition that he make a truthful statement would lead a reasonable person to believe that he was subject to a custodial interrogation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the police detective's assurance to Sheffield that he is free to leave on the condition that he make a truthful statement would lead a reasonable person to believe that he was subject to a custodial interrogation

Docket Entries

2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 23, 2020)

Attorneys

Marcus Tyler Sheffield
Marcus Tyler Sheffield — Petitioner