John Lee Henry v. Herbert J. Speckard, Howard R. Relin, Esq., Intervenor-Respondent-Appellee

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner John Lee Henry, a New York State (“State”) prisoner convicted on one count of sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s nine-year-old daughter, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Michael A. Telesca, Chief Judge, denying his petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the state trial court's restriction on cross-exami*1211nation violated his constitutional right to confront his accuser. The district court denied the petition on the ground that, although the…