Legal Opinion
Charles Yang v. Tom Roy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 2014No. 13-1190PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
A Minnesota jury found Charles Yang guilty of twelve counts of murder. After appealing the verdict to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Charles Yang filed a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging violations of his Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights during his trial. The district court 1 de nied the petition with prejudice and on the merits. With jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2258, we affirm.
I. Background
On February 3, 2005, a pool hall fight between the largely Hmong gang “Menace of Destruction” (“MOD”) and a group of Tibetan men resulted in…
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