Thursday, December 06, 2012

Ninth Circuit -- ADILAO ORTIZ V. JAMES YATES

State Appeals Court holding - that trial court did not err in barring deft from asking witness if the prosecutor had threatened her with perjury if she changed her story - was an unreasonable application of federal Sixth Amendment jurisprudence.

 Dissent - Harmless error under Confrontation Clause

ADILAO ORTIZ V. JAMES YATES
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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