Antwion Thompson v. D. Runnel

Opinion by Judge IKUTA; Concurrence by Judge GOODWIN; Dissent by Judge BERZON.

OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to determine whether the California Court of Appeal unreasonably applied “clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court,” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), when it denied Antwion Thompson’s motion to suppress his multiple confessions to the murder of his girlfriend. To resolve this issue, we must first determine whether we measure the state court’s opinion against Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U.S. 298, 105 S.Ct. 1285, 84 L.Ed.2d 222 (1985), which was decided…