United States Tenth Circuit

Where admissibility of defendant's murder confession hinges on credibility of officer who solicited the confession, evidence that officer may have been himself a suspect in the underlying murder should be admitted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2000
• Published 12/04/2000

Judges

• PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Circuit Judge, PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge, and KANE, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary S. Peterson,Pray, Walker, Jackman, Williamson & Marlar, Oklahoma City, OK, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kellye G. Bates, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma with her on the briefs), Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee.