Legal Opinion
Darrel McMorris v. Thomas Israel and Bronson C. Lafollette
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 7, 1981No. 79-2285, 80-1568PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant McMorris was convicted of strong-armed robbery in Wisconsin state court. He now appeals from the denial of his petition for federal habeas corpus relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976). McMorris challenges the Wisconsin procedure for the admission of polygraph evidence and alleges that the exclusion of exculpatory polygraph evidence denied him a fair trial in violation of his rights under the United States Constitution. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
At petitioner’s trial in state court, the prosecution presented only one witness, the victim, who…
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- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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