Legal Opinion
Orndorff v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1993No. Nos. 91-3510 and 91-3512 to 91-3514PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
We visit this habeas case for the second time. Michael Ray Orndorff, James William Holmes, Hoyt Franklin Clines, and Darryl V. Richley (petitioners) appeal from the judgment of the district court denying their requests for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioners were convicted of capital murder and were sentenced to suffer the death penalty. The district court found that at trial petitioners were denied their sixth amendment right to confront the witnesses against them. The court granted petitioners partial relief, finding that this error was harmless…
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