Legal Opinion
Arthur Nathaniel Aiken v. James Spalding, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, and Slade Gorton, Attorney General, State of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1988No. 85-4229PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Per curiam
Arthur Nathaniel Aiken appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted by a jury in 1965 in a Washington State court on three counts of first degree murder. Originally sentenced to death, Aiken is now serving three consecutive life terms. He argues, among other things, that the interrogating officers violated his right to counsel, and that his confessions were involuntary.
BACKGROUND
In March and April 1965, three service station attendants were robbed and murdered in the Seattle area. Antonio Wheat, appellant’s co-defendant, was arrested on April 24, 1965, the…
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