Legal Opinion
Jimmy D. Pemberton v. James Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1993No. 91-1327PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Jimmy Dale Pemberton appeals the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief, claiming that his conviction for murder violated the federal Constitution. Pemberton is currently serving a life term in prison for the crime. Convinced that his conviction presents no constitutional error, we affirm. In so doing we reach a question of first impression: whether on habeas review of a state court conviction a federal court may consider a confession admitted at trial but subsequently held inadmissible under state law by a state appellate court. We hold that it may.
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2Cases cited24 opinions
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