Legal Opinion
MERAS v. Sisto
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 23, 2012No. 09-15399PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Chief Judge KOZINSKI; Concurrence by Judge BEA.
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
Edward L. Meras, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that testimony introduced during his trial violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. He’s probably right, but he loses anyway.
Background
Intruders broke into Richard Peabody’s home, stabbed him multiple times and stole property. Soon after, police found a bloodstained pair of blue jeans in Meras’s apartment. Criminalist Jennai Lawson performed DNA analysis on…
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