LUFKINS v. SOLEM

No. 83-1078.

716 F.2d 532 (1983)

Dennis LUFKINS, Appellee, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden; Mark Meierhenry, Attorney General of South Dakota, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Mikal Hanson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., for appellants.

Richard P. Tieszen, Pierre, S.D., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judges.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dennis Lufkins, a life-term prisoner convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a South Dakota state trial court, sought a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court, 554 F.Supp. 988,1 alleging: (1) he was denied due process because inadequate procedures were used by the trial court to determine the voluntariness of an incriminating statement he gave to law...

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