Legal Opinion
Michael Douglas Burr v. G. E. Sullivan, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1980No. 77-2294PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
This case comes to us as an appeal from an order of the district court granting a habeas corpus petition. The District Court for the District of Oregon held that appellee Michael Burr was denied his right of confrontation when the Oregon state court trying him for arson prohibited Burr’s attorney from asking Burr’s alleged accomplices about burglaries which they had admitted in prior juvenile proceedings pertaining to other crimes. We affirm.
*585In the state court appellee was charged with arson for setting a high school on fire. He was tried as an adult and without a jury.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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