Legal Opinion

Marvin Joe Cooper and Archie Kerry Cooper v. Carl Griffin, Sheriff, Chatham County and Luke Sims, Jailer, Chatham County Jail, Chatham County, Georgia

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 7, 1972No. 71-1664PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by two brothers, Marvin and Archie Cooper, from the de nial of habeas corpus relief by the district court. In their habeas petitions below, the brothers contended that their convictions in a Georgia superior court were invalid because they were based upon confessions obtained in violation of their Miranda rights. The district court, after an evidentiary hearing, ruled that the state trial court was correct in its determination that the defendants had waived their Miranda rights. In view of the undisputed evidence in the record that both boys…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Clewis v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. State v. BlackstockTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. ConnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
  4. State v. HernandezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  5. Horace Franklin Dunkins, Jr. v. Morris Thigpen, Commissioner of Alabama Department of Corrections, and W.E. Johnson, Warden, Holman UnitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988

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