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GACHOT v. STALDER

No. 01-30843.

298 F.3d 414 (2002)

Michael J. GACHOT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Richard STALDER, Respondent; State of Louisiana and Kelly Ward, Warden, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Riddle, III (argued), Marksville, LA, Dan B. McKaY, Jr., Bunkie, LA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

David Edwin Lafargue (argued), Marksville, LA, for Appellants.

Before SMITH, BENAVIDES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

The State of Louisiana (hereinafter, "the State") appeals from the district court's grant of a conditional writ of habeas corpus on the voluntariness of a juvenile's confession under police interrogation. We reverse.

I. Background.

On September 6, 1991, Appellee Michael Gachot (hereinafter, "Gachot"), then 15 years old, shot and killed his father and then his...

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