Vernon Bagby v. Robert Kuhlman

ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Robert Kuhlman appeals from a judgment, entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Pierre N. Leval, Judge), granting appellee Vernon Bagby’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). Bagby was convicted in Westchester County Court of possession of controlled substances and criminal use of drug paraphernalia. After exhausting available state remedies, Bagby sought federal habeas relief, claiming, inter alia, that his rights under the confrontation clause of the sixth amendment were…