Helen Carolyn Dayton v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary

We affirm the denial of appellant’s petition for habeas corpus challenging the admission at appellant’s state court criminal trial of three groups of statements taken from appellant by police officers and a deputy district attorney. Appellant’s conviction preceded Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Appellant’s statements were admissible under the standards established in Escobedo v. State of Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964). The first group of statements was taken during the investigatory rather than the accusatory…