GRIFFIN v. DAVIES

No. 90-3021.

929 F.2d 550 (1991)

Arnold B. GRIFFIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Steven DAVIES and Attorney General of the State of Kansas, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Gottlieb (C.A. Beier with him, on the brief), Kansas Defender Project, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kan., for petitioner-appellant.

John K. Bork, Asst. Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan., for respondents-appellees.

Before McKAY, MOORE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Arnold B. Griffin appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contends that the trial judge's admonitions exerted duress on a prosecution witness such that the witness was precluded from making a free and voluntary choice as to his testimony, thereby violating the petitioner's right to due process under the fourteenth amendment.

I.

In 1981 petitioner was convicted in Kansas state court on two counts...

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