Legal Opinion
Derrick Searcy v. Danny D. Jaimet, Warden, Hill Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 23, 2003No. 02-4010PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Derrick Searcy filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He claimed that his conviction for first-degree murder was tainted by the violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a broad opportunity to cross-examine witnesses regarding their motivation to testify against him. The district court agreed that the Illinois state court had indeed violated Searcy’s Confrontation Clause rights and granted his petition. Because we do not believe that the Illinois state court’s decision regarding the scope of…
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