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GRIFFIN v. LYNAUGH

No. 86-2781.

823 F.2d 856 (1987)

Jeffery Lee GRIFFIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley G. Schneider, Tom Moran, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Charles A. Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEE, RUBIN and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 10, 1987.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The primary question presented in this habeas corpus death case is whether, under Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 101 S.Ct. 1880, 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981), Jeffery Lee Griffin's confession was improperly admitted against him in the Texas state trial court, because, as he contends, the police did not permanently refrain from interrogating...

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