Legal Opinion
Vignolo v. Ignacio
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 17, 2004No. 04-15242PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Leonard Vignolo appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus, following his conviction for first degree murder in Nevada. We affirm.
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Vignolo failed to exhaust his claim that his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated by the state trial court’s grant of a motion in limine restricting his ability to cross-examine Steve Kaboli. His counseled brief to the Nevada Supreme Court gave every indication of relying on state evidentiary rules; neither mentioning a “constitutional right to confrontation,” Baldwin v. Reese, 541 U.S. 27, 124 S.Ct. 1347,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Lockyer v. AndradeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Baldwin v. ReeseSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Eric Allen Peterson v. Robert LampertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Trasvina Alvarez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Billingslea v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Billingslea v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Vignolo v. Budge, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2005