JENNER v. SMITH

No. 91-3554.

982 F.2d 329 (1993)

Debra Sue JENNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James SMITH, Superintendent, Springfield Correctional Facility; Roger Tellinghuisen, Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Martin Davis, Omaha, NE, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

Patricia J. Cronin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, SD, argued for defendants-appellees.

Before BOWMAN, LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Debra Sue Jenner is a South Dakota inmate serving a life sentence for the murder of her three-year-old daughter. She appeals the district court's1 denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that her constitutional rights were violated by the admission of involuntary incriminating statements made during lengthy police interviews that were not preceded by Miranda warnings. We affirm.

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