Legal Opinion

William A. Anthony, III v. Don Dewitt, Warden

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 15, 2002No. 00-3886PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

POLSTER, District Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant William A. Anthony, a state prisoner incarcerated for aggravated murder, appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The only issue on appeal is whether the trial court’s admission of the testimony of two witnesses, recounting statements made by an out-of-court declar-ant, violated the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause. For the following reasons, the decision of the district court is AFFIRMED.

I. Background

On October 18, 1996, a jury convicted William Anthony of…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  3. Robinson v. MillsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
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  5. Brown v. KeaneDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002

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