In Re Holly Crampton v. the State of Texas

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• holding that, even though prison informant had not actually questioned the defendant, he was not simply “a passive listener” but had “stimulated” conversations amounting to deliberate elicitation
• holding that an informant was a government agent where the investigators were aware that the informant “had access” to the defendant and they “singled out” the defendant
• holding that the use of testimony by a fellow inmate who is a paid informant acting under the instructions of government agents violates the Sixth Amendment right to counsel
• holding that there is a Massiah violation when a government informant “deliberately used his position to secure incriminating information from [the defendant] when counsel was not present”
• holding that there is a Massiah violation when a government informant \deliberately used his position to secure incriminating information from [the defendant] when counsel was not present\
• holding that the Sixth Amendment forbids the state from \intentionally creating a situation likely to induce [defendant] to make incriminating statements without the assistance of counsel\

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