HOWARD v. SIGLER

No. 71-1328.

454 F.2d 115 (1972)

Jesse HOWARD, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maurice H. SIGLER, Warden of Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

January 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Sheldon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Alan E. Peterson, Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The State of Nebraska in the person of Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex, appeals a decision of the District Court of Nebraska invalidating a state criminal conviction against Jesse Howard, the appellee, for armed robbery for failure to accord accused his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation (made applicable to the States by way of the Fourteenth Amendment). The trial court's decision is reported at

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