UNITED STATES v. HEARST

No. 78-3612.

638 F.2d 1190 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patricia Campbell HEARST, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1980.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Martinez, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Sanford Svetcov, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., argued for plaintiff-appellee; Edward P. Davis, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., on brief.

Before CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Hearst appeals the district court's denial, without discovery or a hearing, of her motion for "habeas corpus," 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm in part and vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings.

I. Introduction

Hearst was arrested in September 1975 for bank robbery. Soon after, she made incriminating statements, which were captured by jail officials on the "Tobin tape," in a jailhouse interview with her friend...

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