DERRICK v. PETERSON

No. 89-35374.

924 F.2d 813 (1990)

Robert L. DERRICK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.S. PETERSON, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1990.

Amended January 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Sady, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Portland, Or., for petitioner-appellant.

Michael C. Livingston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for respondent-appellee.

Before WALLACE, SKOPIL and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Oregon state prisoner Derrick appeals from the denial by the district court of his petition for habeas corpus. In his petition, Derrick contends that his convictions for murder and first-degree manslaughter are invalid because statements he made to the police, which were introduced at his trial, allegedly were made involuntarily under the fourteenth amendment's due process clause and without a knowing...

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