Legal Opinion
Arnold Lee Vance v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1983No. 81-6819PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*979WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Arnold Lee Vance filed this habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 asserting that his 1962 conviction for first degree murder was the result of an involuntary confession. The district court denied the requested relief. Vance v. Bordenkircher, 505 F.Supp. 135 (N.D.W.Va.1981). We affirm.
I
On May 20,1961, the bodies of Dr. Archer A. Wingrove and his housekeeper were discovered in Dr. Wingrove’s home near Scarboro, West Virginia. Both victims had been shot in the head, and the housekeeper also had been beaten about’the head. An extensive investigation by local…
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