UNITED STATES v. CONLEY

No. 85-5067.

779 F.2d 970 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James L. CONLEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Robey, Falls Church, Va. (Charles W. Kramer, Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellant.

William G. Otis, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., Richard A. Cohen, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

James Conley appeals from his conviction for the murder of a fellow inmate at the Lorton Penitentiary, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1112. Conley challenges numerous rulings by the district court, but his major contention, and the only issue that merits discussion on appeal, is that he was interrogated by prison guards in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86...

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