Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Edison Bros. Stores, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• “Coereive environments not rising to the level of formal arrest ... do not constitute custody within the meaning of Miranda.”
• no custody when no restraint on freedom of movement to degree associated with formal arrest
• the defendant was charged with second degree murder under the federal statute and committing and permitting child abuse under the Kentucky child abuse statute
• “Coercive environments not rising to the level of formal arrest ... do not constitute custody within the meaning of Miranda.”