James Thomas Cahill v. Ruth Rushen, Director, California Department of Corrections

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Appellee James Cahill was convicted of first degree murder in California state court in February 1975, after a trial in which his confession to a police officer was admitted into evidence. After exhausting available state remedies, Cahill petitioned the court below for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted the writ on the ground that the State had interfered with Cahill’s sixth amendment right to counsel. Cahill v. Rushen, 501 F.Supp. 1219 (E.D.Cal.1980). We affirm because we conclude that the confession was “deliberately elicited…