When the other officers arrived to question Chavez, they read Chavez his Miranda rights, Chavez repeatedly told the officers he did not want to talk to them but they continued to question him anyway. The Georgia Court of Appeals held that an ordinary reasonable person would have believed that they were in custody for purposes of Miranda Warnings by being handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car despite being told that he was not under arrest. The Appeals Court concluded that Chavez was not being detained for Officer safety but was being asked questions to establish his guilt regarding a criminal offense distinguishing this case from other cases where brief detention was found not to be custody for purposes of Miranda rights.
-Author: George Creal