Carolee Biddy v. Fred Diamond, Sheriff, Jackson County Jail, and Jack Reed, Warden, Mississippipenitentiary

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Carolee Biddy, was convicted in a Mississippi state court of manslaughter of her six-year old stepdaugh ter. The facts of the case are recited in some detail in the opinions of the Supreme Court of Mississippi affirming the conviction and denying the petition for rehearing at Biddy v. State, 277 So.2d 115 (Miss.1973).

From the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, after a full evidentiary hearing, petitioner presents essentially two appeal issues: first, whether admissions and conduct of appellant, used against her at the trial, were induced by the…