MOBLEY EX REL. ROSS v. MEEK

No. 75-1611.

531 F.2d 924 (1976)

Jeff MOBLEY ex rel. Andrew Jackson ROSS, Appellant, v. Donald L. MEEK, Sheriff of Johnson County, Arkansas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1976.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mobley & Smith, Russellville, Ark., and Murphy, Carlisle & Taylor, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., and Robert A. Newcomb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of habeas corpus relief by the district court1 presents the question of whether a statement and confession made by appellant in connection with a plea bargain in a state criminal action was improperly admitted in appellant's trial in violation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. We hold that the statement was involuntary...

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