Legal Opinion
James F. Blaikie, Jr. v. William Callahan, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 18, 1982No. 82-1361PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a petition for habeas corpus. The question raised is whether the sixth amendment afforded the petitioner the right to call expert witnesses to testify after he had already rested his case. We find that given the facts of this case the sixth amendment provided no such right.
The facts can be summarized briefly. Petitioner James F. Blaikie, Jr., was tried for the first degree murder of his friend, David DeWilde. At his trial Blaikie admitted shooting DeWilde at approximately 1:00 p. m. on January 14,1975, but…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Al TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. McKnightSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- United States v. Roy E. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Joseph Niziolek, Jr. v. Michael AsheCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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