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Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2024
by Sam Rutherford
published in Criminal Legal News
November, 2024, page 28
Filed under:
Habeas Corpus,
Custodial Interrogations/Statements,
Counsel - Right to.
Location:
California.
by Sam Rutherford
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California’s decision denying habeas relief to a prisoner who, after invoking his right to remain silent and to counsel, was interrogated in his jail cell by …
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