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· 5/11/1982

Russell Lee Hinman v. D. J. McCarthy Superintendent

Citations

  • 676 F.2d 343

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • admission of the defendant’s statement, obtained in violation of his Miranda rights, was not harmless where the statement impeached the defendant’s testimony that he had no intent to rob the victim
  • admission of the defendant’s statement, obtained in violation of his Miranda rights, was not harmless where the statement impeached the defendant’s testimony that he had no intent to rob the victim
  • “It is not the [state law] which is our measuring rod in habeas corpus proceedings, but the federal Constitution. Our task is to determine whether [the petitioner’s] federal constitu- tional rights have been violated.”
  • upholding challenge to provision in a habeas proceeding

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Judges: Wallace, Tang, Turrentine

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