PLAZINICH v. LYNAUGH

No. 86-2574.

843 F.2d 836 (1988)

Cade Allen PLAZINICH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cade A. Plazinich, pro se.

William C. Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, JOLLY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This state prisoner's petition for habeas corpus relief asks us to determine whether his written confession to murder was obtained in violation of the rule of Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 101 S.Ct. 1880, 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981). We find that after Plazinich's formal interrogation had ceased upon advice of counsel, the interrogation was not resumed by a policeman's remarks to him on the way back...

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