Legal Opinion
Santiago Tapia v. Robert Tansy
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1991No. 89-2209PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Santiago “Jimmy” Tapia (“Jimmy” or “Tapia”) was convicted in New Mexico state court of second degree murder in the death of Jeffrey Stevers and aggravated battery of Sergio de la Rosa. After exhausting his appeals in state court with respect to issues raised here, Tapia filed for habeas relief in federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending that: (1) the loss of the original preliminary hearing tapes violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation by depriving him of material information necessary to effectively cross-examine witnesses, and the…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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3Cited by123 opinions
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