Legal Opinion
Fratta v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 22, 2008No. 07-70040PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
In this petition for writ of habeas corpus, the district court conditionally granted relief to petitioner Robert Alan Fratta, a Texas death-row inmate. Fratta was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in Texas state court for arranging the murder-for-hire of his wife. The district court determined that Fratta’s Confrontation Clause rights were violated by the admission into evidence at trial of certain out-of-court statements made by the two men who carried out the murder (who were tried separately and were unavailable for cross-examination). Respondent…
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