Joe Vern Pierce v. Harold J. Cardwell, Superintendent Arizona State Prison

How courts have described this case

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• suspect's \mental and physical state . . . a critical factor in the waiver determination\
• suspect’s “mental and physical state ... a critical factor in the waiver determination”
• suspect’s mental state a critical factor in waiver determination
• “Where the facts are in dispute, the federal court to which a habeas corpus petition is made must grant an evidentiary hearing if the merits of the factual dispute were not resolved in a hearing in a state court, either at the time of trial or in a collateral proceeding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).