Legal Opinion
Raymond Edward Middleton v. Hoyt C. Cupp, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1985No. 84-4100PublishedCited by 319 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Middleton appeals from a dismissal by the district court of his habeas corpus petition. He argues that the state trial court violated his fourteenth amendment right to due process by allowing the prosecution to elicit certain testimony about a polygraph and by instructing the jury to disregard expert testimony if “any” of the facts relied upon by the expert had not been established. The district court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
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This case began in 1975 when Middleton and his friend, Shaw,…
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