Parejo v. Cupp

OPINION

SOLOMON, Chief Judge:

Manuel Parejo, IV, was convicted after a court trial of armed robbery and forcible rape. He was sentenced to concurrent 15-year sentences. The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed. State v. Parejo, 253 Or. 468, 455 P.2d 605 (1969).

*396Parejo seeks by habeas corpus to set aside his convictions and sentences on the ground that self-incriminating statements were used against him in violation of his constitutional rights.

The State’s testimony on the circumstances surrounding the incriminating statements is different from Parejo’s testimony. At Parejo’s trial, the judge had the…