Hayes v. Florida

Police suspected Hayes (defendant) in a burglary-rape after finding a latent fingerprint at the scene. Officers went to Hayes's home and, on his porch, told him he could either voluntarily come to the station to be fingerprinted or be arrested. After initially refusing, Hayes agreed to go because he didn't want to be arrested. At the station, his fingerprints matched the one from the crime scene, and he was formally arrested and charged. Before trial, Hayes moved to suppress the fingerprints as the fruit of an illegal detention, but the trial court denied the motion, and Hayes was convicted; the Florida appellate court affirmed.