UNSWORTH v. GLADDEN

Civ. No. 66-108.

261 F.Supp. 897 (1966)

William Edward UNSWORTH, Petitioner, v. Clarence T. GLADDEN, Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

December 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Murphy, Jr., Portland, Or., for petitioner.

Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen. for Oregon, David H. Blunt, Asst. Atty. Gen. for Oregon, Salem, Or., for respondent.


OPINION

SOLOMON, Chief Judge:

This case is before the Court on William Edward Unsworth's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks to set aside a jury conviction and sentence of life imprisonment for second degree murder. Unsworth contends that the trial judge improperly admitted in evidence incriminatory oral statements made by him at the time of his arrest when he was so intoxicated that he was unable to make a coherent or voluntary statement, and...

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