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Gibbs v. Warden of the Georgia State Penitentiary

District Court, M.D. Georgia

Decided May 24, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-31-AMERPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

OWENS, District Judge.

Janie Gibbs, a state prisoner presently serving five consecutive life sentences imposed after a jury found her guilty of the poisoning murders of five of her close relatives, petitions this court for habeas corpus relief. Her sole contention challenges the voluntariness of her confession given during custodial interrogation after waiver of rights. The confession was admitted into evidence after the trial judge held a Jackson v. Denno hearing and concluded the confession was voluntary upon a preponderance of the evidence. 1 His conclusion was affirmed on appeal.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Lynumn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. David Matthew Lathers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VazquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. ChungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. LibranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  4. State v. KnightsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  5. Pruett v. ThigpenDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1986

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