Legal Opinion
Steven Allen Bruni v. Samuel Lewis, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections, Robert Corbin, Attorney General, State of Arizona
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1988No. 87-2990PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Steven Allen Bruni (“Bruni”), an Arizona state prisoner who was convicted of 14 counts of kidnapping, sexual assault and aggravated assault, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Bruni claims that police interrogation violated his fifth amendment right to counsel. We disagree and affirm.
BACKGROUND
On October 22, 1979, a Tucson, Arizona police officer stopped Bruni for having unusually loud muffler pipes on his car. The officer recognized the car as one identified with a number of sexual assault…
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