THOMAS v. WYRICK

No. 81-2031.

687 F.2d 235 (1982)

Charles Lee THOMAS, Appellant, v. Donald W. WYRICK and John Ashcroft, Attorney General of State of Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1982.

Certiorari Denied January 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew F. Puzder, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant Charles Lee Thomas.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John C. Reed, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, and STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied January 24, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 824.

STEPHENSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

The central issue in this habeas corpus action is whether a trial court ruling which precluded the testimony of character witnesses for a criminal defendant as a sanction for noncompliance with a pretrial discovery order violated petitioner's rights under the compulsory process clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States...

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