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THOMPSON v. KEOHANE

No. 94-6615.

516 U.S. 99 (1995)

THOMPSON v. KEOHANE, WARDEN, et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided November 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie R. O'Sullivan, by appointment of the Court, 513 U.S. 1137, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Cynthia M. Hora, Assistant Attorney General of Alaska, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief was Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, pro se.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., joined, p. 116.

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

During a two-hour, tape-recorded session at Alaska state trooper headquarters, petitioner Carl Thompson confessed that he killed his former wife. Thompson's confession was placed in evidence at the ensuing Alaska state-court trial, and he was convicted of first-degree murder. Challenging his conviction in a federal habeas corpus proceeding, Thompson maintained that the...

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