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COOMBS v. STATE OF ME.

No. 99-1245.

202 F.3d 14 (2000)

Sandra COOMBS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE OF MAINE, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 20, 2000.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail E. Peabody, for petitioner.

Nancy Torresen, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, and Donald Macomber, Assistant Attorney General, were on brief for respondent.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Sandra Coombs appeals from the district court's denial of her petition for habeas corpus relief from her theft conviction in 1996. Coombs contends that she is entitled to relief because the state compelled her confession to the theft by promising not to charge her for possession of a small amount of marijuana discovered at the time of her arrest. We affirm.

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