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MURPHY v. HOLLAND

No. 84-6526.

845 F.2d 83 (1988)

Kenneth E. MURPHY, Appellant, v. Manfred HOLLAND, Warden, WV Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

April 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blaise Supler, Third Year Law Student, Post-Conviction Assistance Project, University of Virginia School of Law (Stephen A. Saltzburg, Charlottesville, Va., on brief) for appellant.

J. Bradley Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Charles Brown, Atty. Gen., Charleston, W.Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Murphy was convicted in the Circuit Court of Braxton County, West Virginia, of first degree murder for fatally shooting Patricia Dennison. After exhausting his state appeals, he petitioned the district court for federal habeas corpus relief on February 17, 1984. Murphy argued that the admission of inculpatory statements made by him violated his sixth amendment right to counsel and his fifth amendment protection against self-incrimination. The...

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