UNITED STATES EX REL. HALL v. DIRECTOR, ETC.

No. 77-2284.

578 F.2d 194 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Tyrone HALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Honchell, Asst. Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Gerri Papushkewych, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, MILLER, Judge, and BAUER, Circuit Judge.


MILLER, Judge.

This appeal is from the district court's dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petition being grounded on Hall's contention that "his constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination was violated when the [police] officer deliberately employed psychological coercion to secure a confession from him." On the basis of the confession, which he unsuccessfully sought to suppress (for other reasons), Hall was convicted of armed robbery in...

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