COPPOLA v. POWELL

No. 89-1109.

878 F.2d 1562 (1989)

Vincent COPPOLA, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Ronald L. POWELL, etc., et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Duggan, Chief Appellate Defender, Appellate Defender Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center, for petitioner, appellant.

Tina Schneider, Asst. Atty. Gen., Criminal Justice Bureau, with whom John P. Arnold, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for respondents, appellees.

Before BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and GRAY, Senior District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Vincent Coppola was convicted by a jury in New Hampshire Superior Court, Merrimack County, on one count of burglary and two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. The New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed his convictions holding, inter alia, that petitioner's prearrest, precustodial statement to the police was not an invocation of his constitutional right to remain silent and was properly received into evidence for use...

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