ROBBINS v. SMALL, III

No. 6802.

371 F.2d 793 (1967)

Allan L. ROBBINS, Warden, Maine State Prison, Respondent, Appellant, v. Clifford G. SMALL, III, Petitioner, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

January 31, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Benoit, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Richard J. Dubord, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for appellant.

James R. Desmond, Portland, Me., for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

The only question raised by this appeal is whether petitioner Small's conviction for robbery in Maine Superior Court was obtained in violation of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Basically, the answer depends on whether the prosecutor's conduct in the interrogation of a witness at the trial deprived petitioner of his right of cross-examination. On appeal from his conviction, Small contended that it did — but the Supreme...

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