Legal Opinion
Ronald L. Johnson v. Frank A. Hall and John E. Bates
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 10, 1979No. 79-1061PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEVINE, District Judge.
This habeas corpus appeal challenges the admission of a confession at a trial which was concluded prior to the decisions in Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964), and Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Judging the confession in light of the standard of Procunier v. Atchley, 400 U.S. 446, 91 S.Ct. 485, 27 L.Ed.2d 524 (1971), which applies to such trials, 1 we affirm the district court’s decision that it was given voluntarily.
Appellant was convicted in January, 1964, by a Massachusetts jury of first…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- United States v. Lawrence A. Wilson, United States of America v. Henry Francis EnriquezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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