Laboy v. Demskie

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Petitioner Jose Laboy (“Laboy”) has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the petition, filed on April 23,1996, Laboy contends that the state conviction must be set aside because the trial court improperly limited his cross-examination of government witnesses thereby violating his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation and his Due process right to present his defense. For the reasons set forth below, his petition will be denied.

The Parties

Laboy is currently confined at Wood-bourne Correctional Facility (the “Facility”), New York,…