MONTES v. JENKINS

No. 79-1983.

626 F.2d 584 (1980)

Luis Antonio MONTES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Leo D. JENKINS, Warden, Indiana State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Professor Charles F. Crutchfield and Richard Waris (Law Student), Notre Dame, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

Kermit R. Hilles, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondent-appellee.

Before SPRECHER and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the district court's denial of petitioner Luis Antonio Montes' habeas corpus petition poses two issues: The first is whether Montes was denied his Sixth Amendment right to confront adverse witnesses in his state trial when the prosecution introduced the joint confession of Montes and his codefendant, and when the trial court did not, sua sponte give a limiting instruction stating...

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