Norman Stumes v. Herman Solem

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Norman Stumes appeals the decision of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because the recent ruling of the Supreme Court in Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 101 S.Ct. 1880, 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981), requires a different result, we reverse.

I

We summarize the relevant facts of the ease as detailed by the District Court in its opinion, reported at 511 F.Supp. 1312. There is little or no disagreement as to what happened.

On September 17,1973, the body of Joyce Hoff was discovered in her apartment in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the…