COLE v. TANSY

No. 90-2004.

926 F.2d 955 (1991)

Dawson COLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert TANSY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa E. Storch, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, N.M., for petitioner-appellant.

M. Katherine Brito Zinn (Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., State of N.M., Santa Fe, N.M., with her on the brief), Asst. Atty. Gen., State of N.M., for respondent-appellee.

Before TACHA and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and NOTTINGHAM, District Judge.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a district court's denial of appellant Dawson Cole's petition for writ of habeas corpus. Cole argues the state trial court violated his sixth amendment right to confront the witnesses against him by admitting a statement from an unavailable witness and denied him his right to due process and a fair trial by restricting his counsel's closing argument. Cole further alleges the trial court erred in refusing to acquit him on an...

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