Louis A. Heyd, Jr., Sheriff, Parish of Orleans, Louisiana v. Robert L. Brown and William J. Hadrick

This appeal arises out of the petitions for habeas corpus filed by two Louisiana prisoners convicted of unlawful possession of heroin. The district court, upon a review of the record of the state court proceedings, found that statements made by petitioners at the time of their arrest and admitted into evidence over their objections had been made in the absence of proper Miranda- warnings and, accordingly, set aside the convictions and sentences. The State brings this appeal, renewing allegations made before the district court that proper warnings were given and, alternatively, that the error,…