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428 F.2d 820

Docket No. 24416.

Buster v. Hocker

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided July 2, 1970.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1970-07-02

Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently August 1981

5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

2 counsel of record

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Rodriquez v. United States

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1970-07-02

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¶1*821Buck Buster in pro. per.

¶2Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., C. P. Tapscott, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Reno, Nev., for appellee.

¶3Before CHAMBERS and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, District Judge.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5The order of the district court denying habeas corpus relief is affirmed.

¶6In our view, Rodriguez v. United States, 395 U.S. 327, 89 S.Ct. 1715, 23 L.Ed.2d 340, is not necessarily applicable on federal habeas corpus review of state convictions.

¶7 Although counsel neglected to complete the state appeal, before we should interfere there should be a showing that there was a valid point that was lost by not taking the state appeal. The point that was lost here for Buster was a contention that he was interrogated in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694.

¶8We agree with the district court that the record before it shows that Buster’s interrogation at the time was not custodial. Here examination of the state record was enough without an evidentiary hearing.

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