Thompson v. State

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

Carl Thompson was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his ex-wife, Dixie Gutman, and convicted of tampering with physical evidence by disposing of her body. We affirmed Thompson's conviction in Thompson v. State. 1 In that 1989 decision, we remanded Thompson's case for resentenc-ing. The superior court amended Thompson's sentence on June 1, 1989. Thompson then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal court arguing, as he had in his state appeal, that his confession had been obtained in violation of his Miranda rights. 2 Thompson's claim…