SCURR v. MOORE

No. 80-1917.

647 F.2d 854 (1981)

David SCURR and The Attorney General of the State of Iowa, Appellants, v. Richard A. MOORE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Des Moines, Iowa, Steven M. Foritano, Legal Intern, for appellants.

Bradley McCall (argued), Dennis F. Chalupa, Newton, Iowa, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and STEPHENSON and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Richard A. Moore, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, contends that his exclusion from the courtroom during part of his criminal trial deprived him of his right of confrontation guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. Moore's writ of habeas corpus, brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, was sustained by the district court.1 Moore v. Scurr, 494...

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