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BRIGHT v. SHIMODA

No. 85-2498.

819 F.2d 227 (1987)

Charles R. BRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edwin SHIMODA, and Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earle Partington, Honolulu, Hawaii, for petitioner-appellant.

Peter Van Name Esser, Honolulu, Hawaii, for respondent-appellee.

Before KENNEDY, REINHARDT and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Charles Bright seeks a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the restrictions on cross-examination of a prosecution witness deprived him of the opportunity to confront the witnesses against him, in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments. We conclude that the restrictions were constitutionally permissible. We therefore affirm the conviction.

A Hawaii jury convicted Bright of murdering Zigmunt Zaborowski, generally...

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