Legal Opinion
MEROLILLO v. Yates
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2011No. 08-56952PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NAVARRO, District Judge:
Marc Clayton Merolillo appeals the district court’s denial of his federal habeas petition. Merolillo was convicted in California state court of first degree murder. At trial, the key issue of whether Merolillo contributed to the victim’s death from a ruptured dissecting aortic aneurysm was disputed by three expert witnesses.
Merolillo challenges the admission at trial of the non-testifying autopsy pathologist’s opinion, claiming violations of his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him. Because we find that Merolillo suffered actual prejudice from…
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