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TAYLOR v. RIDDLE

No. 76-2451.

563 F.2d 133 (1977)

Otha TAYLOR, Appellant, v. Walter RIDDLE, Superintendent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia L. Clute, Goochland, Va., for appellant [Court Appointed].

Jerry P. Slonaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner-appellant, a state prisoner convicted of murder, seeks habeas relief, claiming that certain exculpatory statements made by him and admitted in evidence over his objection were obtained in violation of his Miranda rights. The District Court dismissed the petition. We affirm.

The crime of which the petitioner was convicted was singularly brutal. On Saturday, August 30, 1969, an eighty-five year old...

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