Legal Opinion
Sandra Coombs v. State of Maine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 16, 2000No. 99-1245PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant Sandra Coombs appeals from the district court’s denial of her petition for habeas corpus relief from her theft conviction in 1996. Coombs contends that she is entitled to relief because the state compelled her confession to the theft by promising not to charge her for possession of a small amount of marijuana discovered at the time of her arrest. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Coombs was charged with the theft of -a sweater from L.L. Bean in Freeport, Maine. On December 16, 1995, her companion, Gifford Campbell, attempted to return…
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