Edward Fields v. Donald Wyrick

*156HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Edward Fields appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We reverse the lower court on the ground that Fields’ state court conviction was obtained as a result of his involuntary confession. Federal habeas corpus relief, therefore, should have been granted.

Fields, a soldier then stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, was charged with raping a Waynesville, Missouri, woman on September 21, 1974. He was convicted by a jury on March 13, 1975, and wasN sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment. His…