Legal Opinion
Leonard Reed v. John Thalacker, Warden, and State of Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1999No. 99-1313PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Leonard Reed was convicted in state court of second-degree sexual abuse and child endangerment, and was sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty-five years and two years. The district court 1 granted Mr. Reed’s petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a), holding that the admission of hearsay evidence at his trial violated Mr. Reed’s rights to confrontation and to due process, and that the admission of the evidence was not harmless. The state appeals. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
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Mr. Reed and Mary Reed are the parents of three children including VR, who…
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