Legal Opinion

Charles T. Lord v. Jack Duckworth

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 21, 1994No. 93-1835PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

In 1987, a jury in the circuit court of Gibson County, Indiana, convicted the petitioner, Charles Thomas Lord of murder, for which he received a sentence of eighty years imprisonment. After unsuccessfully appealing his conviction in the Indiana courts, Lord filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Lord’s petition. On appeal, Lord contends that police interrogators violated his right against self-incrimination and his right to obtain the assistance of counsel in two ways: (1) by continuing their interrogation…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Miller v. FentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Pedro Medina v. Harry K. Singletary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
  2. Larry Winsett v. Odie Washington, Warden of Dixon Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  3. Larry J. Sprosty v. Dan Buchler, Acting Warden, Racine Correctional Institution, and James E. Doyle, Attorney General of the State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  4. Correll v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  5. Valdez v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000

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