Legal Opinion
Shelton R. Thomas v. Bob Goldsmith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1992No. 91-16012PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Shelton R. Thomas, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.
I. FACTS
Thomas was convicted in 1981 in Arizona state court of four counts of sexual assault and one count of burglary. Before trial, his counsel requested a hearing on the vol-untariness of certain of Thomas’ statements to the police. His attorney later abandoned the argument that the statements were not voluntary, and instead, asked that the hearing be held for the sole purpose of establishing…
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