COLLAZO v. ESTELLE

No. 88-2443.

884 F.2d 1168 (1989)

Dennis Rosa COLLAZO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne ESTELLE, Warden, California Mens Colony, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Farber, San Rafael, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., for the State of Cal., Steve White and John H. Sugiyama, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Martin S. Kaye and Aileen Bunney, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.

Before FARRIS, THOMPSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Dennis Collazo appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He argues that incriminating statements which he made while in custody should have been excluded at trial because they were the product of police coercion. We affirm.

On September 27, 1982, Collazo was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting and was taken to an interrogation room at the San Jose police station. After two police officers advised him...

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