the gunshot wounds;  the three assailants were charged with murder, in addition to attempted robbery.


3
On the day of his arrest, Mr. Mujihadeen denied having had anything to do with the crime.  He said that his automobile, which was found at the scene, had been stolen.  After agreeing to make a statement to this effect, and having been advised of his Miranda rights, Mr. Mujihadeen said that he wished to speak to his lawyer.  The police cut off questioning and permitted Mr. Mujihadeen to call an attorney.  After the conference with the attorney was completed, Mujihadeen declined to give a sworn statement.


4
The petitioner remained in custody, and in the course of the next two weeks he was transported twice from the county jail tothe courthouse.  On one of his appearances in court the public defender's office was appointed to represent him, his first attorney having withdrawn.1  On the way back to the jail, police officers told Mr. Mujihadeen that they knew his earlier statements were untrue because his cohorts had identified him as the "trigger man" in the robbery.  They then asked him if he wanted to change his earlier statement.  As one of the officers testified:


5
"When we left the court area, we told--we started out of the courthouse building and we asked Mr. Turks if he had changed his mind about giving a statement or changing his story from what he had originally told us, and he said he had been thinking about it.  We