Legal Opinion
Etherly v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2010No. 09-3535PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from the district court’s decision to grant Aris Etherly’s petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court reviewed the Illinois Appellate Court’s determination that Etherly’s inculpatory statement to the police was voluntary. Based on the applicable “totality of the circumstances” test, the district court ruled such determination by the appellate court was objectively unreasonable. As a result of this ruling, the district court granted Etherly’s habeas corpus petition, denied the state’s motion to stay the judgment…
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