Arnold B. Griffin v. Steven Davies and Attorney General of the State of Kansas

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Arnold B. Griffin appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contends that the trial judge’s admonitions exerted duress on a prosecution witness such that the witness was precluded from making a free and voluntary choice as to his testimony, thereby violating the petitioner’s right to due process under the fourteenth amendment.

I

In 1981 petitioner was convicted in Kansas state court on two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer. The convictions arose out of the robbery of two convenience…