Legal Opinion

Murrell Toby Hockenbury, III v. Dewey Sowders

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided September 26, 1983No. 82-5140PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Respondent appeals from an order of the District Court granting appellee’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The District Court found that Kentucky had violated appellee’s fifth amendment right to remain silent and that appellee’s failure to object to the offending testimony and argument was excused under Wainwright v. Sykes, 433 U.S. 72, 97 S.Ct. 2497, 53 L.Ed.2d 594 (1977). Finding that appellee was not in fact silent and that this case is controlled by Anderson v. Charles, 447 U.S. 404,100 S.Ct. 2180, 65 L.Ed.2d 222 (1980), we…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. People v. CoffmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Christopher Eric Gravley v. David Mills, Warden, Morgan County Regional Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  3. Dendalee McBee v. William F. GrantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  4. Gerald Wayne Phelps v. Jack R. Duckworth, Warden Indiana State Prison, and Linley E. Pearson, Attorney General of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Habib Georges MakhloutaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986

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