United States Fourth Circuit

Investigator's non-violent statement to petitioner that "things would go easier" if he confessed to murder charges is not unconstitutional coercion to warrant a certificate of appealability.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2001
• Decided 05/24/2001
• Published 05/24/2001

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael L. Minsker, Higgins Minsker, P.L.L.C., Charlotte, NC, for Appellant.  Valerie Blanche Spalding, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, NC, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, NC, for Appellee.