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SOLEM v. STUMES

No. 81-2149.

465 U.S. 638 (1984)

104 S.Ct. 1338

79 L.Ed.2d 579

SOLEM, WARDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY v. STUMES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 29, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark V. Meierhenry, Attorney General of South Dakota, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Timothy J. McGreevy, by appointment of the Court, 464 U.S. 808, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981), should be applied retroactively.

I

Respondent, Norman Stumes, was a suspect in the death of Joyce Hoff in Sioux Falls, S. D. On September 27, 1973, Stumes was arrested in Green Bay, Wis., on pending perjury and felony check charges. He had not yet been charged with Hoff's death...

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