Jones v. Berry

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Respondents Carl D. Berry, Superintendent of New York State’s Woodbourne Correctional Facility, et al. (collectively the “State”), appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, I. Leo Glas-ser, Judge, granting the petition of Kevin Jones, a New York State prisoner, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982), for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the state trial *671court denied Jones his constitutional right to confrontation when it limited his cross-examination of the key prosecution witness. For the reasons below, we…