Frank M. Miller, Jr. v. Peter J. Fenton, Superintendent, Rahway State Prison, Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General, State of New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1986-06-26

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OPINION OF THE COURT BECKER, Circuit Judge. This state habeas corpus appeal requires us to determine whether a confession to murder, alleged by the petitioner to have been secured by psychological coercion, was voluntary and hence admissible. After reviewing the circumstances of the confession under a plenary standard, see Miller v. Fenton, — U.S. —, <a href=…

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