Legal Opinion
Carlton Harris, 079919 v. Louie L. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1985No. 84-5377PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
The district court granted habeas corpus to the petitioner, a Florida state prisoner, because at petitioner’s trial the court admitted hearsay testimony into evidence, over proper objection, which violated petitioner’s constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him under the Sixth Amendment as made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. We agree with the district court and affirm.
The significant events are undisputed. Fulgencio Padilla, Sr. and his son, Fulgencio Padilla, Jr., closed their business at approximately 5:30 p.m., entered their…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Burley Clifton Harryman v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Postell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
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