Michael Edward Dorsey v. Al C. Parke, Warden, Northpoint Training Center

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a District Court Order granting the writ of habeas corpus. The writ has been stayed pending appeal. The issue before us is whether petitioner Michael Edward Dorsey was denied his federal constitutional right to confront a key witness against him in his state trial for burglary. Because we conclude that Dorsey’s constitutional right was not abrogated, we vacate the judgment below.

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Dorsey was convicted of second degree burglary by a jury verdict in the Jefferson Circuit Court of Kentucky. He then pled guilty to being a persistent felony offender,…