BUCHANON v. MINTZES

Nos. 83-1252, 83-1253.

734 F.2d 274 (1984)

Nealy J. BUCHANON, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Barry MINTZES, Warden Southern Michigan State Prison, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1984.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Eaman, Detroit, Mich. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant, cross-appellee.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen. of Michigan, Eric J. Eggan, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Lansing, Mich., for respondent-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before CONTIE and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Denied July 3, 1984.

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Buchanon, who is serving a life sentence in the Jackson, Michigan State Prison for committing the murders of a husband and wife in rural Michigan in 1955, filed a habeas corpus petition for his discharge from prison under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the Eastern District of Michigan in 1979. His contentions that constitutional errors occurred in respect to his confession to the brutal...

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