Legal Opinion
Dobynes v. Hubbard
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 14, 2003No. 02-17030; D.C. No. CV-98-02464-GEBPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
California state prisoner Darrick Jacques Dobynes was convicted for murder by firearm in a gang-related context on the basis of the testimony of Andrew Armstead and Steven Kohn. The court admitted their testimony though Armstead disappeared before trial and Kohn left the trial before Dobynes’s counsel cross-examined him. Dobynes’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus contends that the trial court violated his right to confrontation and his right to due process by admitting the prior testimony of Arm-stead and Kohn. The district court denied his petition for a writ…
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