Charles Leonard Truman v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted in a Florida state court of second degree murder for the stabbing death of his ex-wife. He appeals from the district court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

At issue here is appellant’s contention that his federal constitutional rights were violated by the state trial court’s limitation on defense cross-examination and its refusal to allow the defense to call a witness out of time. Angelo Flex, a friend and husband-to-be of the deceased, was the chief prosecution witness. Flex testified that appellant accosted Flex and Mrs. Truman,…