Legal Opinion
Carl Pettijohn v. Frank Hall
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 1979No. 78-1420PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETTINE, District Judge.
This habeas corpus appeal concerns the scope of the sixth amendment right to call a witness in one’s defense after having moved to suppress a portion of that witness’ testimony.
A brief recitation of the facts is necessary. Carl Pettijohn was convicted of armed robbery in Massachusetts Superior Court solely on the basis of the victim’s eyewitness testimony. David Smith, the victim, had been a security guard for the New England Wholesale Drug Company for approximately two weeks. On the afternoon of September 8, 1975, Smith was walking through the company parking lot and…
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3Cited by47 opinions
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