Legal Opinion
James E. McParlin v. Warden of Adult Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 1969No. 7354PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Senior Circuit Judge.
James Edward McParlin was indicted, tried by jury on plea of not guilty, convicted and sentenced in the Superior Court of Rhode Island to life imprisonment for murder in the first degree. The Supreme Court of Rhode Island overruled his exceptions and remitted the case to the Superior Court for further proceedings. State v. McParlin, 101 R.I. 265, 221 A.2d 790 (1966). He then petitioned the Superior Court of Rhode Island for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that two written confessions introduced at his criminal trial were not given voluntarily but had been…
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