AIKEN v. BLODGETT

No. 90-35290.

921 F.2d 214 (1990)

Arthur N. AIKEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James BLODGETT, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur N. Aiken, Walla Walla, Wash., pro se.

John M. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Corrections Div., Olympia, Wash., for respondent-appellee.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, WRIGHT and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

For 25 years this case has been winding its way through state and federal courts. After dismissal of an earlier habeas corpus petition for failure to exhaust in 1988, the petitioner has returned for an adjudication on the merits. We reject his claim that new evidence shows that his confession was involuntary. We find no merit in his other constitutional claims and affirm the district court's denial of the petition.

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