Legal Opinion
Lewis D. Goldsmith v. S.R. Witkowski, Warden State of South Carolina Attorney General of South Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 5, 1993No. 91-7578PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Lewis D. Goldsmith appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. In the district court, Goldsmith challenged convictions by a South Carolina state court for possession of narcotics with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute narcotics. We hold that the evidence was constitutionally insufficient to support the convictions, and that part of the State’s evidence presented at trial violated Goldsmith’s Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses. Accordingly, we reverse.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- State v. BradshawWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
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