FIELDS v. WYRICK

No. 81-1245.

706 F.2d 879 (1983)

Edward FIELDS, Appellant, v. Donald WYRICK, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Michael H. Finkelstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for respondent-appellee.

Jeffrey E. Hartnett, Clayton, Mo., for Edward Fields.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This case is once again before the court for consideration of the issue of the admissibility of an inculpatory statement made by petitioner during post-polygraph test interrogation conducted in the absence of petitioner's counsel. For present purposes only a brief outline of the relevant factual and procedural history is necessary.1

Petitioner Edward Fields, then a...

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