Craig v. Singletary

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Donald Lee Craig, convicted of murder in state court, filed for a writ of habeas corpus in the Southern District of Florida. The district court denied the writ, adopting the recommendations and reports of the Magistrate Judge. The court concluded that: (1) the admission of Craig’s initial confession was harmless error; (2) the admission of his addendum confession was not error because Craig voluntarily reinstated contact with the detectives; and (3) the addendum confession was not the product of an illegal arrest. We reverse.

I. Factual Background

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