Legal Opinion
Billy Russell Clark v. Tim Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2003No. 00-16727PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
In this petition for writ of habeas corpus, we must decide whether a state court’s determination — that the admission into evidence of a murder suspect’s confession did not violate the Constitution — was contrary to or an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court.
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On May 15, 1991, Cynthia Tomecko reported to Phoenix police that her mother, Anita Clark, was missing. Police focused attention on Billy Russell Clark, Anita Clark’s stepson, when they learned that he had sold her automobile to a California automobile…
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