Legal Opinion
Bounsouay Thatsaphone v. Douglas Weber, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark W. Barnett, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1998No. 97-1871PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Bounsouay Thatsaphone was convicted in state court of third degree rape for engaging in sex with a minor. After the Supreme Court of South Dakota affirmed, Thatsa-phone petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief. The district court granted the writ, concluding that Thatsaphone because of his lack of English language skills had been subjected to in-custody interrogation in violation of his .constitutional rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). The State appeals. We reverse.
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- Oregon v. MathiasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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