Defendant contends that admissions he made to a fellow jail inmate should not have been admitted at trial, on the ground that the fellow inmate solicited the statements as an agent for the prosecution, in violation of defendant's right to counsel. Testimony at the Massiah hearing revealed that the statements in question had been freely volunteered by defendant in an attempt "to beat the case," that the inmate-witness contacted the District Attorney's Office on his...
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