Legal Opinion
Kenneth Cumbie v. Harry K. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 1993No. 92-2506PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Kenneth Cumbie was convicted in 1987 in Florida circuit court of attempting to sexually assault his five year old stepdaughter, Cathy. During the trial Cathy testified via one-way closed circuit television outside Cumbie’s presence. The principal issue in this appeal from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida is whether Cumbie is entitled to the grant of the writ for violation of • his Sixth Amendment right of face-to-face confrontation.
I. BACKGROUND
Cumbie was tried in…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Bernard Bolender, A/K/A Bernard Bolander v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Ellis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Wilcox v. Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Cargill v. TurpinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
- United States v. MaglutaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
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