State v. Vogleson

The issue is whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing Vogleson’s conviction on the ground that Vogleson was denied his constitutional right to cross-examine his co-indictee about the mandatory minimum sentence the co-indictee faced before agreeing to testify against him. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s affirmance of the judgment of the Court of Appeals because the Court of Appeals was wrong in overturning the conviction on the basis of the abridgment of Vogleson’s constitutionally-protected right of confrontation.

As noted in the majority, following a jury trial, Vogleson was…