Opinion ID: 1349797
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The referee's response to our questions

Text: Judge Egly concluded as follows: The referee finds in answer to the first question propounded by the Supreme Court that neither the State nor any of its agents employed George Oglesby to elicit any confession or admission that Petitioner killed three of his victims.[ [7] ] The confession or admission of the Petitioner was not the result of any actions by the State in derogation of Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights. The referee finds, however, that the State actively solicited, directed and aided the informant, George Oglesby, to obtain through solicitation of Petitioner additional information as to Petitioner's escape plans after the initial disclosure by Oglesby to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on May [21], 1979. All such escape information solicited and unsolicited was used by the State in the Petitioner's trial for murder. The Referee answers the second question as follows: After the disclosure by the informant, George Oglesby, to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on May [21], 1979, which initial disclosure was not solicited, directed or requested by the State, the State employed Oglesby as its agent to obtain as much information as he could from Petitioner as to the ongoing formation of Petitioner's plan for flight. This information was used by the State and presented at trial of the Petitioner as evidence of guilt.