Legal Opinion
Evans v. Demosthenes
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 25, 1996No. 95-17240PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Michael R. Evans, convicted in Nevada state court of burglary and grand larceny, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2264.
At his state court trial, Evans’s confession was admitted over his objection that the police had violated his Miranda rights by continuing to question him after he had invoked his right to remain silent. In response to police interrogation, he had not affirmatively stated he wanted to remain silent. Instead, he complained of stomach pain. The initial questioning was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. Janice Wallace, United States of America v. Elmore PennCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Evans v. DemosthenesDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1995
3Cited by17 opinions
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- United States v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
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