Archie Dixon and Tim Hoffner were implicated in the murder of Chris Hammer, which involved a brutal assault leading to Hammer being buried alive in an attempt to steal his car. The case unfolded with various interactions between Dixon and the police. Initially, Dixon encountered the police at a station and, after being Mirandized, chose not to speak without a lawyer. Subsequently, Dixon was arrested for forgery related to Hammer's car. During interrogation for this forgery, without being given new Miranda warnings, Dixon admitted to the forgery but denied any involvement in Hammer's disappearance. After Hoffner led police to Hammer's grave and implicated Dixon, Dixon, upon hearing of the discovery and following advice from his attorney, chose to confess to the murder after being Mirandized. The trial court admitted Dixon's murder confession but excluded his forgery confession. The Ohio Supreme Court upheld this decision, which was then challenged in federal court under a writ of habeas corpus, leading to the Sixth Circuit reversing the decision on the grounds of several alleged errors by the Ohio Supreme Court. The primary issue before the United States Supreme Court was whether the Sixth Circuit erred in granting Dixon's habeas corpus petition by finding that the Ohio Supreme Court's affirmation of Dixon's murder conviction was based on an unreasonable application of clearly established Federal law, specifically regarding the admissibility of Dixon's murder confession follow