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THOMPSON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 77-1084.

601 F.2d 768 (1979)

Larry THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton, Michael H. Davidson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before JONES, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In this case we decide whether police interrogators violated Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), in the course of taking an incriminating statement from a youth arrested for, and later convicted of, murdering a restaurateur with a butcher knife.

In October of 1973, the petitioner in this case, Larry Thompson, fatally stabbed Richard Dean, the night manager of the...

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