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Detectives investigating a warehouse fire asked Marcus to come to the station "just to clear up a few details." Marcus drove himself there. At first, the interview-room door was open, and detectives told Marcus he was not under arrest. After 20 minutes, a detective closed the door, moved Marcus's phone to the far side of the table, and said, "You are not going anywhere until we know who started that fire." When Marcus stood up and said he wanted to leave, a second detective blocked the door and told him to sit down.
The detectives had not given Miranda warnings. They asked Marcus whether he bought gasoline that night. Marcus denied it. One detective then falsely said, "Your fingerprints are on the gas can, and your brother already blamed you." The detective added, "If you help us, we will tell the prosecutor you are the kind of person who deserves a break." Marcus then admitted that he poured gasoline inside the warehouse but said he did not mean for anyone to get hurt.
Marcus is charged with arson and felony murder after a firefighter dies. He moves to suppress the station confession. Analyze custody, interrogation, Miranda warnings, remedy, and voluntariness.