Thomas v. Garraghty

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

In this case, Petitioner-Appellant Donnell Latron Thomas appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Thomas claims that his Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause and his Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause rights were violated when the prosecutor in his criminal trial called a witness to the stand knowing that the witness would refuse to testify. According to Thomas, the witness’s refusal to testify was inherently prejudicial and warrants a new trial. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM…