United States v. Littledale, No. 10-3063 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a college student, was not known to live in the house when agents executed a warrant. His uncle was the target of a child pornography investigation. Uniformed officers went to campus to interview defendant, not considering him a suspect. Defendant willingly accompanied them to the campus police office, where he was told that he was not under arrest. Defendant admitted to involvement with pornography. The officers then read him his Miranda rights, he signed an acknowledgement, confessed again, and prepared a written statement before leaving without being placed under arrest. Defendant entered a plea of guilty to distributing child pornography (18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(2)(A)) and was sentenced to 96 months in prison with 20 years of supervised release. The Seventh Circuit affirmed denial of his motion to suppress. Defendant was not in custody; under the totality of the circumstances a reasonable person would have felt free to leave.
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