# United States v. David Murphy, Rene Stauffer

> Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · May 31, 1985 · 763 F.2d 202

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9473526

## Case

- **Full name:** UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David MURPHY, Rene Stauffer, Defendants-Appellants
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- **Decided:** May 31, 1985
- **Citations:** 763 F.2d 202
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Kennedy
- **Judges:** Engel, Kennedy, Phillips
- **Cited by:** 45 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding error harmless because circumstantial evidence of guilt was overwhelming
- discussing apparent changes in Supreme Court treatment of issue and applying "harmless beyond reasonable doubt" analysis to involuntary statements

## Opinion text

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in Part III of the majority’s opinion that the admission of the confession was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. I also concur in footnote 1 that there is no merit to the other claims raised by appellants.

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